English

Noun

hamadryas ‎(plural hamadryases)

1. A large baboon, Papio hamadryas, from northern Africa and Arabia, that was sacred in ancient Egypt

Synonyms

• hamadryad
• holy baboon

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Named for Hamadryas, the daughter of Oreios and mother of the Hamadryads in Greek mythology.

Adjective

hamadryas

1. (New Latin) Hamadryas (attributive)

References

• hamadryas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hamadryas in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray