ἔνυδρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-, “in”) +‎ ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) +‎ -ις (-is). Compare also Proto-Germanic *utraz, Latin lutra, Proto-Slavic *vydra and Sanskrit उद्र (udra).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔνῠδρῐς • (énŭdrĭs) f (genitive ἐνῠ́δρῐος); third declension

  1. otter (Lutra lutra)
  2. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἔνῠδρῐς; τῆς ἐνῠ́δρῐος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἔνῠδρῐς
hē énŭdrĭs 		τὼ ἐνῠ́δρῐε
tṑ enŭ́drĭe 		αἱ ἐνῠ́δρῐες
hai enŭ́drĭes
Genitive τῆς ἐνῠ́δρῐος
tês enŭ́drĭos 		τοῖν ἐνῠδρῐ́οιν
toîn enŭdrĭ́oin 		τῶν ἐνῠδρῐ́ων
tôn enŭdrĭ́ōn
Dative τῇ ἐνῠ́δρῑ
tēî enŭ́drī 		τοῖν ἐνῠδρῐ́οιν
toîn enŭdrĭ́oin 		ταῖς ἐνῠ́δρῐσῐ / ἐνῠ́δρῐσῐν
taîs enŭ́drĭsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἔνῠδρῐν
tḕn énŭdrĭn 		τὼ ἐνῠ́δρῐε
tṑ enŭ́drĭe 		τᾱ̀ς ἐνῠ́δρῑς / ἐνῠ́δρῐᾰς
tā̀s enŭ́drīs / enŭ́drĭăs
Vocative ἔνῠδρῐ
énŭdrĭ 		ἐνῠ́δρῐε
enŭ́drĭe 		ἐνῠ́δρῐες
enŭ́drĭes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: enhydris
  • → Translingual: Enhydris

Further reading

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