ἄδρυα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word seems to continue *ἄ-δρυα (*á-drua, “consisting of one single tree”), a compound from ἀ- (a-) +‎ δρῦς (drûs, “tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.dry.a/ → /ˈa.ðry.a/ → /ˈa.ðri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.dry.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.dry.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðry.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðry.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ðri.a/

Noun

ἄδρῠᾰ • (ádrua) n pl (genitive ἀδρῠ́ων); second declension

1. upright pieces of a plough
2. (in Cyprus) canoes made of hollowed tree trunks

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ ἄδρῠᾰ; τῶν ἀδρῠ́ων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ ἄδρῠᾰ tà ádrua
Genitive	τῶν ἀδρῠ́ων tôn adrúōn
Dative	τοῖς ἀδρῠ́οις toîs adrúois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ ἄδρῠᾰ tà ádrua
Vocative	ἄδρῠᾰ ádrua
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄδρυα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄδρυα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄδρυα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN