# Dryas
## Translingual
### Etymology

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### Proper noun

Dryas f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – many alpine plants.
* 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; Dryadoideae – subfamily; Dryadeae – 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; Heliconiinae – subfamily; Heliconiini – tribe

#### Hyponyms

* (genus in Rosaceae): Dryas octopetala – type species
* (genus in Nymphalidae): Dryas julia – 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

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɹaɪ.əs/, /ˈdɹaɪ.æs/

### Noun

Dryas (uncountable)
* (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

## Latin
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς (Druás).

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

Dryas f (genitive Dryadis); third declension
* (Greek mythology) a woodnymph, a dryad (a nymph whose life is bound up with that of her tree)
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* a druidess
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##### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### 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: /ˈdry.aːs/, [ˈd̪ryäːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdri.as/, [ˈd̪riːäs]

#### Proper noun

Dryās m sg (genitive Dryantis); third declension
* (Greek mythology)
** the father of Lycurgus and king of Thrace
** one of the Lapithae
** a companion of Meleager in the Calydonian Hunt, son of Ares and brother of Tereus

##### Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

##### 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”