ὑδροχόος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) +‎ χέω (khéō, “to pour”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.dro.kʰó.os/ → /y.ðroˈxo.os/ → /i.ðroˈxo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.dro.kʰó.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.droˈkʰo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈxo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.ðroˈxo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðroˈxo.os/

Noun

ὑδροχόος • (hudrokhóos) m (genitive ὑδροχόυ); second declension

1. the one who pours water
2. (astrology) the constellation Aquarius

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὑδροχόος; τοῦ ὑδροχόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὑδροχόος ho hudrokhóos	τὼ ὑδροχόω tṑ hudrokhóō	οἱ ὑδροχόοι hoi hudrokhóoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὑδροχόου toû hudrokhóou	τοῖν ὑδροχόοιν toîn hudrokhóoin	τῶν ὑδροχόων tôn hudrokhóōn
Dative	τῷ ὑδροχόῳ tôi hudrokhóōi	τοῖν ὑδροχόοιν toîn hudrokhóoin	τοῖς ὑδροχόοις toîs hudrokhóois
Accusative	τὸν ὑδροχόον tòn hudrokhóon	τὼ ὑδροχόω tṑ hudrokhóō	τοὺς ὑδροχόους toùs hudrokhóous
Vocative	ὑδροχόε hudrokhóe	ὑδροχόω hudrokhóō	ὑδροχόοι hudrokhóoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Υδροχόος m (Ydrochóos)

Further reading

• “ὑδροχόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers