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Meaning of Dryas | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈdry.as]

Definitions

  1. a woodnymph, a dryad (a nymph whose life is bound up with that of her tree)
    Greek, declension-3, feminine
  2. the father of Lycurgus and king of Thrace
    Greek, declension-3
  3. a druidess
    declension-3, feminine
  4. one of the Lapithae
    Greek, declension-3
  5. a companion of Meleager in the Calydonian Hunt, son of Ares and brother of Tereus
    Greek, declension-3

Examples

“Saepe sub hac latuit rustica fronde Dryas.”

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CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

dryitis Drymaea Drymusa Dryopes dryophona dryophoni

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