noun · femininethird declension
Hamādryas
Hamādryas f sg (genitive Hamādryadis or Hamādryados)
Classical[haˈmaː.dry.as]Ecclesiastical[aˈmaː.dri.as]
Meaning
- GreekHamadryad, mother of the hamadryads (woodnymphs)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hamādryas | — |
| genitive | Hamādryadis Hamādryados | — |
| dative | Hamādryadī | — |
| accusative | Hamādryadem Hamādryada | — |
| ablative | Hamādryade | — |
| vocative | Hamādryas | — |
Hămādrўas, ădis, f., = Ἁμαδρυάς,
I. a wood-nymph, hamadryad; in sing., Stat. S. 1, 3, 63; in plur., Verg. E. 10, 62; Prop. 2, 32 (3, 30), 37; Ov. M. 1, 690; 14, 624; id. F. 2, 155; dat. Grœc.:
Hamadryasin, Prop. 1, 20, 32 (like ib. 12 Dryasin, and ib. 34 Thyniasin).Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
hamādryas adis, f
, ἁμαδρυάς, a woodnymph, hamadryad, dryad, V., O., Pr.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁμαδρυάς (Hamadruás).
In English words that came into English from Hamādryas
- hamadryadHamādryas