δρῦς

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From oblique case forms with *drew-, a stem of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”) (whence also δόρυ (dóru)). Cognates include Albanian dru (“tree”), Sanskrit दारु (dā́ru), Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v /⁠dāruv⁠/) (whence Persian دار (dâr)), and Old English trēow (whence English tree).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δρῦς • (drûs) f (genitive δρῠός); third declension

  1. tree, timber
  2. oak

Inflection

Irregular declension of ἡ δρῦς; τῆς δρῠός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δρῦς
hē drûs 		τὼ δρῠ́ε
tṑ drúe 		αἱ δρῠ́ες
hai drúes
Genitive τῆς δρῠός
tês druós 		τοῖν δρῠοῖν
toîn druoîn 		τῶν δρῠῶν
tôn druôn
Dative τῇ δρῠῐ̈́
têi druḯ 		τοῖν δρῠοῖν
toîn druoîn 		ταῖς δρῠσῐ́ / δρῠσῐ́ν
taîs drusí(n)
Accusative τὴν δρῦν
tḕn drûn 		τὼ δρῠ́ε
tṑ drúe 		τᾱ̀ς δρῦς / δρῠ́ᾰς
tā̀s drûs / drúas
Vocative δρῦ
drû 		δρῠ́ε
drúe 		δρῠ́ες
drúes
Notes:

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δρῠς, -υός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 356-7

Further reading

  • “δρῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “δρῦς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “δρῦς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • δρῦς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • δρῦς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • δρῦς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • “δρῦς”, in Valerius Harpocration (edition, 1853) Wilhelm Dindorf, editor, Harpocrationis Lexicon in decem oratores Atticos, Oxford: Wilhelm Dindorf
  • “δρῦς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • oak idem, page 564.
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