ὕδρος

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See also: Ύδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *udrós, from the root *wed-. See also Mycenaean Greek 𐀄𐀈𐀫 (u-do-ro). Cognate with English otter and Sanskrit उद्र (udrá).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔́δρος • (húdros) m (genitive ῠ̔́δρου); second declension

  1. water serpent
  2. A smaller water animal, such as a spider, fish, or lizard.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῠ̔́δρος; τοῦ ῠ̔́δρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῠ̔́δρος
ho húdros 		τὼ ῠ̔́δρω
tṑ húdrō 		οἱ ῠ̔́δροι
hoi húdroi
Genitive τοῦ ῠ̔́δρου
toû húdrou 		τοῖν ῠ̔́δροιν
toîn húdroin 		τῶν ῠ̔́δρων
tôn húdrōn
Dative τῷ ῠ̔́δρῳ
tôi húdrōi 		τοῖν ῠ̔́δροιν
toîn húdroin 		τοῖς ῠ̔́δροις
toîs húdrois
Accusative τὸν ῠ̔́δρον
tòn húdron 		τὼ ῠ̔́δρω
tṑ húdrō 		τοὺς ῠ̔́δρους
toùs húdrous
Vocative ῠ̔́δρε
húdre 		ῠ̔́δρω
húdrō 		ῠ̔́δροι
húdroi
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References

  • “ὕδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ὕδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ὕδρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὕδρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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