Dryas

See also: dryas

Translingual

Dryas octopetala

Etymology

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Proper noun

Dryas f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – many Alpine plants.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Rosaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae - family;  - subfamily;  - tribe
• (genus in Nymphalidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family;  - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Rosaceae): Dryas octopetala - type species
• (genus in Nymphalidae):  - sole species

References

• Dryas (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dryas (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dryas (Rosaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dryas (Nymphalidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dryas (Rosaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dryas (Nymphalidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dryas at USDA Plants database

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English

Noun

Dryas (uncountable)

1. (geology) Either of two climatic stages of the late glacial period in Northern Europe in which plants of the genus Dryas were abundant

Derived terms

• Older Dryas
• Younger Dryas

Anagrams

• Drays, Dyars, Radys, drays, yards

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Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς (Druás).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdry.as/, [ˈd̪ryäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdri.as/, [ˈd̪riːäs]

Noun

Dryas f (genitive Dryadis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) a woodnymph, a dryad (a nymph whose life is bound up with that of her tree)
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2. a druidess
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Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Dryas	Dryadēs
Genitive	Dryadis	Dryadum
Dative	Dryadī	Dryadibus
Accusative	Dryadem	Dryadēs
Ablative	Dryade	Dryadibus
Vocative	Dryas	Dryadēs

References

• “Dryʹades”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Dryădes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “2. Dryas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Dryades”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Dry̆ădes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “559/2”
• 1 Dry̆ăs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “559/2”
• “dryas” on page 575/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρύας (Drúas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdry.aːs/, [ˈd̪ryäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdri.as/, [ˈd̪riːäs]

Proper noun

Dryās m sg (genitive Dryantis); third declension

; (mythology)

1. the father of Lycurgus and king of Thrace
2. one of the Lapithae
3. a companion of Meleager in the Calydonian Hunt, son of Ares and brother of Tereus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dryās
Genitive	Dryantis
Dative	Dryantī
Accusative	Dryantem
Ablative	Dryante
Vocative	Dryās

Related terms

• Dryantīdēs

References

• “Dryas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “1. Dryas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 2 Dry̆ās in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “559/2”