Hylas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕλας (Húlas).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hylās m sg (genitive Hylae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) A young companion of Heracles, abducted by the nymphs
  2. A river of Bithynia
  3. A river in Cappadocia

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hylās
Genitive Hylae
Dative Hylae
Accusative Hylān
Ablative Hylā
Vocative Hylā

References
  • “Hylas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hylas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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