δρῦς

See also: δρυς

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).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /drŷːs/ → /ðrys/ → /ðris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /drŷːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /drys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðrys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðrys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðris/

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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Δρυάς (Druás)
• δρύϊνος (drúïnos)
• δρῠοκολᾰ́πτης (druokoláptēs)
• δρυοπτερίς (druopterís)
• δρῠπεπής (drupepḗs)
• χαμαίδρυς (khamaídrus)

 

Related terms

• δόρυ (dóru)

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • oak idem, page 564.