dryade
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Dryas, Dryadis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Agriculture
Dryad; wood-nymph;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...dicunt increvisse suis, obstrusaque carbasa pullo naides et dryades passosque habuere capillos. membra iacent diversa locis, caput, Hebre..."Metamorphoses VIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sertaque cingebant, voti argumenta potentum. saepe sub hac dryades festas duxere choreas, saepe etiam manibus nexis ex ordine..."Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...sorores naides et sectos fratri posuere capillos, planxerunt dryades; plangentibus adsonat Echo. iamque rogum quassasque faces feretrumque parabant..."