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English
Etymology
Latin
Noun
hydraulus
- Synonym of water organ
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδραυλος (húdraulos, “water organ”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + αὐλός (aulós, “flute”: “pipe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hydraulus m (genitive hydraulī); second declension
- (music) water organ
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
References
- “hydraulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hydraulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hydraulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “hydraulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hydraulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin