Hylas

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὕλας (Húlas). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhy.ɫaːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.las] === Proper noun === Hylās m sg (genitive Hylae); first declension (Greek mythology) A young companion of Heracles, abducted by the nymphs A river of Bithynia a river in Cappadocia ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only. ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ taxonomic name: Cephonodes hylas === 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.