hamadryadn.

/haməˈdrʌɪad/

Forms: Plural hamadryads: also in Latin form hamadryades /-ədiːz/.

Etymology: < Latin Hamādryas, < Greek Ἁμαδρυάς, chiefly in plural Hamādryades, Ἁμαδρυάδες wood-nymphs, < ἅμα together with + δρῦς tree.

1. Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology. A wood-nymph fabled to live and die with the tree which she inhabited.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > dryad

hamadryad1390

Napaea?1553

dryad1555

sylvan1565

wood-nymph1577

sylvester1657

Napaean1753

Napaead1818

tree-nymph1831

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 336 With suche, as Amadriades Were cleped wodemaidens tho.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2064 In which they woneden in reste and pees Nymphes, Fawnes, and Amadrides [v.rr. amadries, Amadryes].

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F^v The wooddy Nymphes, faire Hamadryades,..And all the troupe of light-foot Naiades.

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva Concl. §13 (R.) The fittest sacrifice for the royal oaks, and their hamadryads.

1769 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 14 Aug. Nothing has deterred these audacious aldermen from violating the hamadryads of George Lane.

1873 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 166 I am not sure that the tree was a gainer when the hamadryad flitted and left it nothing but ship-timber.

in extended use.1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 357 An innocent frolic with this gay assembly of hamadryades [Indian girls].

2. Zoology.

a. A large, very venomous, hooded serpent of India (Naja hamadryas, or Hamadryas (Ophiophagus) elaps), allied to the cobra.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Elapidae or Najidae > naja hamadryas (hamadryad)

hamadryad1863

ophiophagus1883

king cobra1887

1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 140 The Serpent-eating Hamadryas.. feeds almost wholly on reptiles.

1894 Daily News 4 June 7/5 When the Zoological Gardens were first opened, a hamadryad, imported with a selection of cobras, ate up fifty pounds' worth of the latter before its nature was discovered.

b. A large baboon of Ethiopia ( Cynocephalus hamadryas).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Papio (baboon) > Papio hamadryas (hamadryas baboon)

Sphinx1607

sphinx-baboon1871

hamadryad1894

hamadryas baboon1932

1894 Daily News 6 Dec. 5/3 Four hamadryads are now the sight of the day at the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris..M. Milne-Edwards gives the hamadryad a high character for intellect.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	hamadryad
释义	hamadryadn. /haməˈdrʌɪad/ Forms: Plural hamadryads: also in Latin form hamadryades /-ədiːz/. Etymology: < Latin Hamādryas, < Greek Ἁμαδρυάς, chiefly in plural Hamādryades, Ἁμαδρυάδες wood-nymphs, < ἅμα together with + δρῦς tree. 1. Greek Mythology and Roman Mythology. A wood-nymph fabled to live and die with the tree which she inhabited. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > nymph > dryad hamadryad1390 Napaea?1553 dryad1555 sylvan1565 wood-nymph1577 sylvester1657 Napaean1753 Napaead1818 tree-nymph1831 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 336 With suche, as Amadriades Were cleped wodemaidens tho. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2064 In which they woneden in reste and pees Nymphes, Fawnes, and Amadrides [v.rr. amadries, Amadryes]. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F^v The wooddy Nymphes, faire Hamadryades,..And all the troupe of light-foot Naiades. 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva Concl. §13 (R.) The fittest sacrifice for the royal oaks, and their hamadryads. 1769 S. Johnson Lett. to Mrs. Thrale 14 Aug. Nothing has deterred these audacious aldermen from violating the hamadryads of George Lane. 1873 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 166 I am not sure that the tree was a gainer when the hamadryad flitted and left it nothing but ship-timber. in extended use.1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 357 An innocent frolic with this gay assembly of hamadryades [Indian girls]. 2. Zoology. a. A large, very venomous, hooded serpent of India (Naja hamadryas, or Hamadryas (Ophiophagus) elaps), allied to the cobra. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Elapidae or Najidae > naja hamadryas (hamadryad) hamadryad1863 ophiophagus1883 king cobra1887 1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 140 The Serpent-eating Hamadryas.. feeds almost wholly on reptiles. 1894 Daily News 4 June 7/5 When the Zoological Gardens were first opened, a hamadryad, imported with a selection of cobras, ate up fifty pounds' worth of the latter before its nature was discovered. b. A large baboon of Ethiopia ( Cynocephalus hamadryas). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > group Catarrhinae (Old World monkey) > family Cercopithecidae > genus Papio (baboon) > Papio hamadryas (hamadryas baboon) Sphinx1607 sphinx-baboon1871 hamadryad1894 hamadryas baboon1932 1894 Daily News 6 Dec. 5/3 Four hamadryads are now the sight of the day at the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris..M. Milne-Edwards gives the hamadryad a high character for intellect. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1390
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