δρῦς
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
δρυμός
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
drumos
English translation (word)
thicket
Transliteration (Etymon)
drûs
English translation (etymon)
oak
Century
9 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Epimerismi in Psalmos p. 159
Ed.
T. Gaisford, Georgii Choerobosci epimerismi in Psalmos, vol. 3, Oxford, 1842
Quotation
Δρυμός, ἐκ τοῦ δρὺς δρυός· τοῦτο παρὰ τὸ δέρω, τὸ ἐκδέρω· οἱ γὰρ παλαιοὶ πᾶν δένδρον δρῦν ἐκάλουν.
Translation (En)
Drumos "thicket": from drus, druos "oak". The latter from derō "to flay". Because the ancients called drûs any tree
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, delta, p. 380 (Ἐπιμερισμῶν τοῦ Ψαλτηρίου. Δρυμός· παρὰ τὸ δρῦς δρυός καὶ τοῦ<το ἐκ τοῦ> δέρω, τὸ ἐκδέρω· οἱ γὰρ παλαιοὶ πᾶν δένδρον δρῦν ἐκάλουν); Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, delta 19 (δόρυ […] Εἴρηται ἀπὸ τοῦ δρῦς δρυὸς, δόρυ· ἐπὶ παντὸς λεγόμενον ξύλου ὑπὸ τῶν παλαιῶν, ὡς μάρτυς δρυμὸς, καὶ δρύφακτος); Etym. Gudianum, delta, p. 375 (idem); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 283 (idem)
Modern etymology
Derivative of δόρυ "tree", belonging with δρῦς, δὀρυ, δένδρον (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has δρυμός "thicket" as a learned word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, straightforward both formally and semantically