About
Menu

δρυμός

δρυμός, an oak-coppice

δρῡμός, ὁ,
  • copse, thicket, S. OT 1399, SIG 57.28 (Milet., v. B.C.), E. Hipp. 1127 (lyr.), Tab.Heracl. 1.19, PLille 5.13 (iii B. C.), LXX Ec. 2.6, Plb. 2.15.2, AP 7.544, etc.: pl., A. Fr. 304.10, Theoc. 1.117, AP 6.13 (Leon.), 9.4 (Cyllen.), 84 (Antiphan.), Plu. Comp.Per.Fab. 1.
    • II Hom. has only pl., δρῠμά, τά, Il. 11.118, Od. 10.150, 197, 251, also in Simm. 15 (prob.); δρῡμά in late Ep., D.P. 492, Opp. C. 1.64.
    • III δρυμός· φρούριον, Hsch., perh. in this sense in PPetr. 2p.140. (Cf. Skt. drumá- ‘tree’, Slav. drǔmǔ ‘thicketʼ: ῠ is original, ῡ borrowed from δρῦς.)

Saved

Recent