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δρῦς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: δρῦς δρυός

Structure: δρῡ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. tree, timber
  2. oak

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative δρῦς δρύε δρύες
Genitive δρυός δρυοῖν δρυῶν
Dative δρυί̈ δρυοῖν δρυσίν*
Accusative δρῦν δρύε δρύας
Vocative δρῦ δρύε δρύες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐκ ποίων ὁ πατήρ σε δρυῶν τέτμηκεν, Ἀρίστων, ἢ ποίων σε μύλου κόψατο λατομιῶν; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2531)
  • ἰδὼνοὖν ἐπὶ ὑψηλῷ τινι δρυῶν συστροφὴν οἱο͂ν ἄλσοσ, ᾠχόμην ὡσ ἀποψόμενοσ ἐντεῦθεν ὁδόν τινα ἢ οἰκίαν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 62:2)
  • εἶναι δὲ καὶ δρυῶν μεγάλων πλῆθοσ, φερουσῶν καρπὸν τῷ μεγέθει διαλλάττοντα, διπλασιάζοντα τῶν ἐν ταῖσ ἄλλαισ χώραισ φυομένων. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 84 1:5)
  • ἀναβαίνοντεσ γὰρ ἐλάνθανον οἱ Πέρσαι τὸ ὄροσ πᾶν ἐὸν δρυῶν ἐπίπλεον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 218 2:2)
  • ἰοῦσι δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν Ἑρμῶν ἐστιν ὁ τόποσ οὗτοσ ἅπασ δρυῶν πλήρησ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 10 11:1)

Synonyms

  1. tree

  2. oak

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