ὕδρα

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See also: Ύδρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *údrā, from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, from the root *wed-. See also Mycenaean Greek 𐀄𐀈𐀫 (u-do-ro). Cognate with English otter and Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), Czech vydra, Russian вы́дра (výdra), Lithuanian ūdra, Latin lutra.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔́δρᾱ • (húdrā) f (genitive ῠ̔́δρᾱς); first declension

  1. sea serpent
  2. (astronomy) the constellation Hydra

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῠ̔́δρᾱ; τῆς ῠ̔́δρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ῠ̔́δρᾱ
hē húdrā 		τὼ ῠ̔́δρᾱ
tṑ húdrā 		αἱ ῠ̔́δραι
hai húdrai
Genitive τῆς ῠ̔́δρᾱς
tês húdrās 		τοῖν ῠ̔́δραιν
toîn húdrain 		τῶν ῠ̔δρῶν
tôn hudrôn
Dative τῇ ῠ̔́δρᾳ
têi húdrāi 		τοῖν ῠ̔́δραιν
toîn húdrain 		ταῖς ῠ̔́δραις
taîs húdrais
Accusative τὴν ῠ̔́δρᾱν
tḕn húdrān 		τὼ ῠ̔́δρᾱ
tṑ húdrā 		τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔́δρᾱς
tā̀s húdrās
Vocative ῠ̔́δρᾱ
húdrā 		ῠ̔́δρᾱ
húdrā 		ῠ̔́δραι
húdrai
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: ύδρα (ýdra), Ύδρα (Ýdra)
  • → English: hydra, Hydra
  • → Latin: hydra
  • → Russian: ги́дра f (gídra)

References

  • “ὕδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ὕδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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