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δρῦς (drus) an oak ^G:N-F

δρῦς, ἡ

(Pelop. ὁ, accusative to [δρῦς 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.9.2, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.12.1: \_accusative\_ \_plural\_ δρῦς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 528, “Nu.” 402, δρύας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 403, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 84, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.8 (Antip. Sid.): \_genitive\_ δρυῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.218: dual δρύε Hdn.Gr. 1.420 ">Refs 8th c.BC+]. [ῠ, except in δρῦς, δρῦν: genitive δρῡός at the beginning of a verse, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—originally, tree (δρῦν ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοὶ.. πᾶν δένδρον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; including various trees, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; especially Quercus Aegilops (φηγός) and Quercus Ilex (πρῖνος),[Refs 1st c.AD+]; opposed to πεύκη, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to πίτυς, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; στέφανος δρυός crown of oak leaves, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; commonly, the oak, δ. ὑψικάρηνοι, ὑψίκομοι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; sacred to Zeus, who gave his oracles from the oaks of Dodona, [Refs 8th c.BC+] thou art no foundling from the woods or rocks, i. e. thou hast parents and a country, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 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, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρη; why all this about trees and rocks (i. e. things we have nothing to do with)? [Refs 8th c.BC+]; also διὰ πέτρας καὶ διὰ δρυὸς ὁρᾶν 'to see through a brick wall', [Refs 1st c.AD+]

__II of other trees bearing acorns or mast [δρῦς">Refs 2nd c.AD+] the resinous wood (of the pine), [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the olive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. θαλασσία, ={ἁλίφλοιος}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III δ. ποντία, gulf-weed, Sargassum vulgare, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV metaphorically, worn-out old man, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cogn. with δόρ; cf. Sanskrit dru- 'wood', in compounds)