Hydra
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent.
Proper noun
editHydra f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hydridae – predatory freshwater cnidarians, thought not to age, the hydras.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Cnidaria – phylum; Medusozoa – subphylum; Hydrozoa – class; Hydroida - order; Hydrida - suborder; Hydridae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Hydra magnipapillata, Hydra oligactis (brown hydra), Hydra viridissima (green hydra), Hydra vulgaris (freshwater hydra) - selected species; for other species see Hydra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Hydra (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hydra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hydra (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hydra at World Register of Marine Species
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent, originally from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra), from Proto-Indo-European *údreh₂ (“aquatic”). Doublet of otter.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHydra
- (Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.
- (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?
- (astronomy) One of Pluto's moons.
- One of the Saronic Islands in the Aegean Sea.
- (geography) A commune in Algiers Province, Algeria.
Synonyms
edit- (mythology): Lernaean Hydra; Xiangliu, Xiangyao (Chinese equivalent)
- (astronomy, moon of Pluto): Pluto II, S/2005 P 1, S/2005 P 1 (Hydra), (134340) Pluto II, (134340) Pluto II Hydra, Pluto II (Hydra)
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmythical serpent
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constellation
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one of Pluto's moons
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See also
editAnagrams
editCzech
editEtymology
editFrom hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHydra f
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- 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 […]
Declension
editAlternative forms
edit- hydra (serpent)
Derived terms
editSee also
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Further reading
edit- “Hydra”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- Hydra (mytologie) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
- Hydra (souhvězdí) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
- Hydra (měsíc) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHydra
- Hydra (mythological serpent)
- (rare) Synonym of Vesikäärme (“constellation Hydra”).
- (astronomy) Hydra (one of Pluto's moons)
- Hydra (one of the Saronic Islands, its municipality and its central town)
Declension
editInflection of Hydra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
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German
editEtymology
editFrom Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHydra f
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhy.dra/, [ˈhʏd̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.dra/, [ˈiːd̪rä]
Proper noun
editHydra f sg (genitive Hydrae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Hydra |
genitive | Hydrae |
dative | Hydrae |
accusative | Hydram |
ablative | Hydrā |
vocative | Hydra |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “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
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin Hydra.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHydra f
- (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours)
- (astronomy) Hydra (spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent)
Declension
editDeclension of Hydra
Further reading
edit- Hydra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editHydra f
Turkish
editProper noun
editHydra
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