hamadryades
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hamadryas, hamadryadis:
Feminine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Lesser
wood-nymph, hamadryad, dryad;
nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Ecloga X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...deus ille malis hominum mitescere discat! Iam neque Hamadryades rursus nec carmina nobis ipsa placent; ipsae rursus concedite..."Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...virgo, floridis velut enitens myrtus Asia ramulis quos Hamadryades deae ludicrum sibi roscido nutriunt umore. quare..."