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 (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]:—A. 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 . . οὐδʼ 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 οὐδʼ ἀπὸ πέτρης . . ὀαρίζειν ʼtis 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. III. δ. ποντία, gulf-weed, Sargassum vulgare, Thphr. HP 4.6.9. IV. metaph., worn-out old man, AP 6.254 (Myrin.), Artem. 2.25. (Cogn. with δόρυ; cf. Skt. dru- ‘wood’, in compds.)