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 • (hŭ́drā) 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 hŭ́drā 		τὼ ῠ̔́δρᾱ
tṑ hŭ́drā 		αἱ ῠ̔́δραι
hai hŭ́drai
Genitive τῆς ῠ̔́δρᾱς
tês hŭ́drās 		τοῖν ῠ̔́δραιν
toîn hŭ́drain 		τῶν ῠ̔δρῶν
tôn hŭdrôn
Dative τῇ ῠ̔́δρᾳ
têi hŭ́drāi 		τοῖν ῠ̔́δραιν
toîn hŭ́drain 		ταῖς ῠ̔́δραις
taîs hŭ́drais
Accusative τὴν ῠ̔́δρᾱν
tḕn hŭ́drān 		τὼ ῠ̔́δρᾱ
tṑ hŭ́drā 		τᾱ̀ς ῠ̔́δρᾱς
tā̀s hŭ́drās
Vocative ῠ̔́δρᾱ
hŭ́drā 		ῠ̔́δρᾱ
hŭ́drā 		ῠ̔́δραι
hŭ́drai
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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