δρῦς
δρῦς,
ἡ (Pelop.
ὁ, acc. to Sch.
Ar. Nu. 401 , cf.
IG 9(1).485.5 (Thyrrheum), but fem. in
Arc., Schwyzer 664.23 ): gen.
δρυός: acc.
δρῦν (
A). δρύα Q.S. 3.280 ): nom. pl.
δρύες Il. 12.132 ,
A. Pr. 832 , etc.,
δρῦς Thphr. CP 2.9.2 ,
Paus. 8.12.1 : acc. pl.
δρῦς Ar. Eq. 528 ,
Nu. 402 ,
δρύας S. Fr. 403 ,
Call. Del. 84 ,
AP 7.8 (Antip. Sid.): gen.
δρυῶν Hdt. 7.218 : dual
δρύε Hdn.Gr.
1.420 .[
ῠ, exc. in
δρῦς, δρῦν: gen.
δρῡός at the beginning of a verse,
Hes. Op. 436 ]:—originally,
tree (
δρῦν ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοὶ .. πᾶν δένδρον Sch.
Il. 11.86 , cf.
Hsch.); including various trees,
Thphr. HP 3.8.2 ; esp.
Quercus Aegilops (
φηγός) and
Quercus Ilex (
πρῖνος), cf.
ἡ φηγὸς καὶ ἡ πρῖνος εἴδη δρυός Dsc. 1.106 ; opp.
πεύκη, Il. 11.494 ; opp.
πίτυς, Od. 9.186 , cf.
Il. 13.389 ,
23.328 , etc.;
στέφανος δρυός crown
of oak leaves,
SIG 2588.7 (Delos, ii B. C.); commonly,
the oak, δ. ὑψικάρηνοι, ὑψίκομοι, Il. 12.132 ,
14.398 , cf.
13.389 ,
23.328 , etc.; sacred to Zeus, who gave his oracles from the oaks of Dodona,
Od. 14.328 ;
αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες A. Pr. 832 ;
πολύγλωσσος δ. S. Tr. 1168 , cf.
Pl. Phdr. 275b : prov.,
οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ δρυός ἐσσι .. οὐδ’ ἀπὸ πέτρης thou art no foundling from
the woods or rocks, i. e. thou hast parents and a country,
Od. 19.163 , cf.
Pl. Ap. 34d ,
R. 544d ,
AP 10.55 (
Pall.); but
οὐ μέν πως νῦν ἔστιν ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ’ ἀπὸ πέτρης .. ὀαρίζειν 'tis no time now to talk at ease from
tree or rock, like lovers,
Il. 22.126 ;
ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην; why all this about
trees and rocks (i. e. things we have nothing to do with)?
Hes. Th. 35 ; also
διὰ πέτρας καὶ διὰ δρυὸς ὁρᾶν 'to see through a brick wall',
Plu. 2.1083d .
II). of other trees bearing acorns or mast (
Paus. 8.1.6 ),
πίειρα δρῦς the resinous
wood (of the pine),
S. Tr. 766 ; of the olive,
E. Cyc. 615 (lyr.);
δ. θαλασσία, =
ἁλίφλοιος ,
Ps.-Democr. Symp.Ant. p.5G. IV). metaph.,
worn-out old man, AP 6.254 (
Myrin.),
Artem. 2.25 . (Cogn. with
δόρυ; cf. Skt.
dru- 'wood', in compds.)
ShortDef
a tree
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
δρῦς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
δρυς
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-28512
Data
{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">δρῦς</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span> (Pelop. <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, acc. to Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:401" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:401/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 401 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 9(1).485.5 </span> (Thyrrheum), but fem. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arc.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Schwyzer</span> 664.23 </span>): gen. <span class="foreign greek">δρυός</span>: acc. <span class="foreign greek">δρῦν </span>(<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">δρύα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:280" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2046.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.280/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Q.S.</span> 3.280 </a> ): nom. pl. <span class="quote greek">δρύες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.132 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:832" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:832/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 832 </a>, etc., <span class="quote greek">δρῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:2:9:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:2:9:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 2.9.2 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:12:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:12:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 8.12.1 </a>: acc. pl. <span class="quote greek">δρῦς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:528" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:528/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 528 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:402" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:402/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 402 </a>, <span class="quote greek">δρύας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:403" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:403/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 403 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Del.</span> 84 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.8 </span> (Antip. Sid.): gen. <span class="quote greek">δρυῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:218" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.218/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.218 </a> : dual <span class="foreign greek">δρύε</span> Hdn.Gr.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:420" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.420/canonical-url/"> 1.420 </a>.[<span class="itype greek">ῠ</span>, exc. in <span class="foreign greek">δρῦς, δρῦν</span>: gen. <span class="foreign greek">δρῡός</span> at the beginning of a verse, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:436" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:436/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 436 </a>]:—originally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tree</span> (<span class="foreign greek">δρῦν ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοὶ .. πᾶν δένδρον</span> Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.86 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>); including various trees, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:8:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:8:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 3.8.2 </a>; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Quercus Aegilops</span> (<span class="etym greek">φηγός</span>) and <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Quercus Ilex</span> (<span class="etym greek">πρῖνος</span>), cf. <span class="quote greek">ἡ φηγὸς καὶ ἡ πρῖνος εἴδη δρυός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 1.106 </span> ; opp. <span class="foreign greek">πεύκη,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:494" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.494/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.494 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">πίτυς,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:186" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.186/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.186 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:389" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.389/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.389 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:328" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.328/canonical-url/"> 23.328 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">στέφανος δρυός</span> crown <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of oak leaves</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 2588.7 </span> (Delos, ii B. C.); commonly, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the oak,</span> <span class="foreign greek">δ. ὑψικάρηνοι, ὑψίκομοι,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:12:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 12.132 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:398" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.398/canonical-url/"> 14.398 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:389" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.389/canonical-url/"> 13.389 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:328" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.328/canonical-url/"> 23.328 </a>, etc.; sacred to Zeus, who gave his oracles from the oaks of Dodona, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:14:328" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:14.328/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 14.328 </a>; <span class="quote greek">αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:832" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:832/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 832 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πολύγλωσσος δ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1168" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1168/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1168 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:275b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:275b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 275b </a>: prov., <span class="foreign greek">οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ δρυός ἐσσι .. οὐδ’ ἀπὸ πέτρης</span> thou art no foundling from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the woods</span> or rocks, i. e. thou hast parents and a country, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:163" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.163/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.163 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:34d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:34d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 34d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:544d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:544d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 544d </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 10.55 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pall.</span></span>); but <span class="foreign greek">οὐ μέν πως νῦν ἔστιν ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ’ ἀπὸ πέτρης .. ὀαρίζειν</span> \'tis no time now to talk at ease from <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tree</span> or rock, like lovers, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:126" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.126/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 22.126 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην;</span> why all this about <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">trees</span> and rocks (i. e. things we have nothing to do with)? <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 35 </a>; also <span class="foreign greek">διὰ πέτρας καὶ διὰ δρυὸς ὁρᾶν</span> \'to see through a brick wall\', <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.1083d </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of other trees bearing acorns or mast (<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 8.1.6 </a>), <span class="foreign greek">πίειρα δρῦς</span> the resinous <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wood</span> (of the pine), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:766" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:766/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 766 </a>; of the olive, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:615" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:615/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 615 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">δ. θαλασσία,</span> = <span class="ref greek">ἁλίφλοιος</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ps.-Democr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Symp.Ant.</span> p.5G. </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">δ. ποντία,</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gulf-weed, Sargassum vulgare,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:6:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:6:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 4.6.9 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">worn-out old man,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 6.254 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Myrin.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0553.tlg001:2:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0553.tlg001:2.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Artem.</span> 2.25 </a>. (Cogn. with <span class="foreign greek">δόρυ;</span> cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dru-</span> \'wood\', in compds.)</div> </div><br><br>'}