ὕδρα
See also: Ύδρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ῠ̔́δρη (hŭ́drē) — Ionic
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
- (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
ῠ̔́δρᾱ • (hŭ́drā) f (genitive ῠ̔́δρᾱς); first declension
- sea serpent
- (astronomy) the constellation Hydra
Inflection
| 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 tēî 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 | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ῠ̔́δρος (hŭ́dros)
Descendants
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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- hydra idem, page 412.