See also: hydra, hydrą, and Hydrą

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Hydra viridissima

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From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent.

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Hydra f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hydridae – predatory freshwater cnidarians, thought not to age, the hydras.

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English

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A Greek vase depicting the Lernaean Hydra

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From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent, originally from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra), from Proto-Indo-European *údreh₂ (aquatic). Doublet of otter.

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  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯dɹə/, [ˈhaɪ̯dɹə], [ˈhaɪ̯d͡ʒɹə]

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Hydra

  1. (Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.
  2. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent. It lies just south of the zodiac and contains the star Alphard.
    • 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, page 232:
      At night I lie dry-eyed on my little bed and turn my head to and fro to catch sight of one little star by one little star along the tail of Hydra, and think you are alive, you survive. Is this not what you wanted?
  3. (astronomy) One of Pluto's moons.
  4. One of the Saronic Islands in the Aegean Sea.
  5. (geography) A commune in Algiers Province, Algeria.

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Czech

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Etymology

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From hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

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Hydra f

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Hydra, a mythological serpent with seven heads
    • 1996, Antonín Rükl, “Hydra”, in Souhvězdí, Praha: Aventinum, →ISBN, page 126:
      [] místo každé uťaté hlavy vyrostly Hydře dvě nové.
      [] instead of every cut-off head two new heads grew up to Hydra.
  2. (astronomy) Hydra, a spring constellation of the northern sky
    • 1996, Antonín Rükl, “Hydra”, in Souhvězdí, Praha: Aventinum, →ISBN, page 126:
      Alfa Hydrae – Alphard, 2,0 mag, je nejjasnější hvězda v Hydře.
      Alpha Hydrae – Alphard, 2.0 mag, is the brightest star in the constellation of Hydra.
  3. (astronomy) Hydra, a moon of Pluto [since 2006]
    • 2015 June 12, Petr Lála, “Historická událost: sonda New Horizons zblízka prozkoumá záhadné Pluto”, in Technet.cz[1]:
      Měsíce Hydra, Nix a Styx obíhají ve vzájemné rezonanci, protože za jeden oběh Hydry oběhne Nix právě jeden a půlkrát a Styx dokonce dvakrát.
      The moons Hydra, Nix and Styx orbit in mutual resonance, as Nix makes exactly one and half an orbit and Styx even two orbits during one orbit of Hydra.
  4. Hydra, one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Aegean Sea
    • 1904, “Řecko”, in Ottův slovník naučný[2], volume XXI, Praha: J. Ottl, page 359:
      Poloostrov Argolský, k němuž přiléhá ostrov Hydra (Hydrea), omezuje záliv Nauplijský []
      The Argolid Penninsula, which the island of Hydra (Hydrea) closely borders with, closes the Argolic Gulf []

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhydrɑ/, [ˈhydrɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ydrɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): Hyd‧ra

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Hydra

  1. Hydra (mythological serpent)
  2. (rare) Synonym of Vesikäärme (constellation Hydra).
  3. (astronomy) Hydra (one of Pluto's moons)
  4. Hydra (one of the Saronic Islands, its municipality and its central town)

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Inflection of Hydra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Hydra
genitive Hydran
partitive Hydraa
illative Hydraan
singular plural
nominative Hydra
accusative nom. Hydra
gen. Hydran
genitive Hydran
partitive Hydraa
inessive Hydrassa
elative Hydrasta
illative Hydraan
adessive Hydralla
ablative Hydralta
allative Hydralle
essive Hydrana
translative Hydraksi
abessive Hydratta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Hydra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Hydrani
accusative nom. Hydrani
gen. Hydrani
genitive Hydrani
partitive Hydraani
inessive Hydrassani
elative Hydrastani
illative Hydraani
adessive Hydrallani
ablative Hydraltani
allative Hydralleni
essive Hydranani
translative Hydrakseni
abessive Hydrattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Hydrasi
accusative nom. Hydrasi
gen. Hydrasi
genitive Hydrasi
partitive Hydraasi
inessive Hydrassasi
elative Hydrastasi
illative Hydraasi
adessive Hydrallasi
ablative Hydraltasi
allative Hydrallesi
essive Hydranasi
translative Hydraksesi
abessive Hydrattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Hydramme
accusative nom. Hydramme
gen. Hydramme
genitive Hydramme
partitive Hydraamme
inessive Hydrassamme
elative Hydrastamme
illative Hydraamme
adessive Hydrallamme
ablative Hydraltamme
allative Hydrallemme
essive Hydranamme
translative Hydraksemme
abessive Hydrattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Hydranne
accusative nom. Hydranne
gen. Hydranne
genitive Hydranne
partitive Hydraanne
inessive Hydrassanne
elative Hydrastanne
illative Hydraanne
adessive Hydrallanne
ablative Hydraltanne
allative Hydrallenne
essive Hydrananne
translative Hydraksenne
abessive Hydrattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Hydransa
accusative nom. Hydransa
gen. Hydransa
genitive Hydransa
partitive Hydraansa
inessive Hydrassaan
Hydrassansa
elative Hydrastaan
Hydrastansa
illative Hydraansa
adessive Hydrallaan
Hydrallansa
ablative Hydraltaan
Hydraltansa
allative Hydralleen
Hydrallensa
essive Hydranaan
Hydranansa
translative Hydrakseen
Hydraksensa
abessive Hydrattaan
Hydrattansa
instructive
comitative

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Etymology

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From Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhyːdʁa/
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Hydra f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythical serpent)

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

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Hydra f sg (genitive Hydrae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) The Hydra (mythical serpent)

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Hydra
genitive Hydrae
dative Hydrae
accusative Hydram
ablative Hydrā
vocative Hydra

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  • English: Hydra, hydra
  • French: hydre
  • German: Hydra
  • Italian: idra
  • Portuguese: hidra
  • Spanish: hidra

References

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  • Hydra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Hydra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

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Hydra

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Hydra.

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Hydra f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours)
  2. (astronomy) Hydra (spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent)

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  • Hydra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈidɾa/ [ˈi.ð̞ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -idɾa
  • Syllabification: Hy‧dra

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Hydra f

  1. (astronomy) Hydra (constellation)

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Proper noun

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Hydra

  1. (astronomy) Hydra