ὕδρα
See also: Ύδρα
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hý.draː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)y.dra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈy.ðra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈy.ðra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.ðra/
Noun
editῠ̔́δρᾱ • (húdrā) f (genitive ῠ̔́δρᾱς); first declension
- sea serpent
- (astronomy) the constellation Hydra
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Related terms
edit- ῠ̔́δρος (húdros)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- hydra idem, page 412.
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