hydrus

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See also: Hydrus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρος (húdros).

Pronunciation

Noun

hydrus m (genitive hydrī); second declension

  1. A water-snake
  2. A serpent in the hair of Medusa

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hydrus hydrī
genitive hydrī hydrōrum
dative hydrō hydrīs
accusative hydrum hydrōs
ablative hydrō hydrīs
vocative hydre hydrī

Descendants

  • English: Hydrus

References

  • “hydrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hydrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hydrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “hydrus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
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