ὕδρος

See also: Ύδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *udrós, from the root *wed-. See also Mycenaean Greek 𐀄𐀈𐀫 (u-do-ro). Cognate with English otter and Sanskrit उद्र (udrá).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῠ̔́δρος • (húdros) m (genitive ῠ̔́δρου); second declension

  1. water serpent
  2. A smaller water animal, such as a spider, fish, or lizard.

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ῠ̔́δρος; τοῦ ῠ̔́δρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῠ̔́δρος
ho húdros		 τὼ ῠ̔́δρω
tṑ húdrō		 οἱ ῠ̔́δροι
hoi húdroi
Genitive τοῦ ῠ̔́δρου
toû húdrou		 τοῖν ῠ̔́δροιν
toîn húdroin		 τῶν ῠ̔́δρων
tôn húdrōn
Dative τῷ ῠ̔́δρῳ
tôi húdrōi		 τοῖν ῠ̔́δροιν
toîn húdroin		 τοῖς ῠ̔́δροις
toîs húdrois
Accusative τὸν ῠ̔́δρον
tòn húdron		 τὼ ῠ̔́δρω
tṑ húdrō		 τοὺς ῠ̔́δρους
toùs húdrous
Vocative ῠ̔́δρε
húdre		 ῠ̔́δρω
húdrō		 ῠ̔́δροι
húdroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  • “ὕδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ὕδρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ὕδρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ὕδρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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