Hydra

See also hydra, and Hydrus

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent.

Proper noun

Hydra

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hydridae — predatory freshwater cnidarians, thought not to age, the hydras.

See also

• Hydra (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Hydra (genus)
• Hydra on Wikispecies. Wikispecies

Wikipedia

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English

A Greek vase depicting the Lernaean Hydra

Etymology

From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent, originally from Ancient Greek ὕδρα, from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈhaɪ̯dɹə/, [ˈhaɪ̯dɹə], [ˈhaɪ̯d͡ʒɹə]

Proper noun

Hydra

1. (Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with seven heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours. Also called the Lernaean Hydra.
2. (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.
3. (astronomy) The name of one of Pluto's moons. (Named 21 June 2006).

Synonyms

• (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

• hydra
• Hydrae
• Hydrian

Translations

mythical serpent

• Czech: Hydra (cs) f
• Danish: Hydra (da)
• Esperanto: hidro (eo)
• Finnish: Hydra (fi)
• French: Hydre de Lerne
• German: Hydra (de) f
• Greek: Λερναία Ύδρα (el) (Lernaía Ýdra) f

  Ancient: Ὕδρα f

• Greenlandic: Hydra (kl)
• Inuktitut: ᐦᐄᑦᕋ (iu) (Hiitra)
• Italian: Idra di Lerna
• Marathi: हाय्ड्रा (mr) (hāyḍrā)
• Polish: Hydra (pl) f
• Portuguese: Hidra de Lerna
• Russian: Лернейская гидра (ru) (Lernéjskaja gídra) f
• Spanish: Hidra de Lerna

constellation

• Czech: Hydra (cs) f, souhvězdí Hydry (cs) n
• Esperanto: Hidro (eo)
• Finnish: Hydra (fi), Vesikäärme (fi)
• French: Hydre (fr) f
• German: Wasserschlange (de) f
• Greek: Ύδρα (el) (Ýdra) f

• Italian: Idra f
• Malay: Ular (ms)
• Polish: Hydra (pl) f
• Portuguese: Hidra (pt) f
• Russian: Гидра (ru) (Gídra) f
• Spanish: Hydra (es)

one of Pluto's moons

• Arabic: هيدرا (ar) (hīdrā) f
• Armenian: Հիդրա (hy) (Hidra)
• Belarusian: Гідра (be) (Hidra)
• Breton: Hydra (br)
• Bulgarian: Хидра (bg) (Khidra)
• Catalan: Hidra (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 冥衛三 (cmn), 冥卫三 (cmn) (Míngwèisān)

• Czech: Hydra (cs)
• Danish: Hydra (da)
• Dutch: Hydra (nl)
• Esperanto: Hidro (eo)
• Finnish: Hydra (fi)
• French: Hydra (fr), Hydre (fr)
• Galician: Hydra (gl)
• German: Hydra (de)
• Greek: Ύδρα (el) (Ýdra)
• Hindi: हाएड्रा (hi) (Hā'ēḍrā)
• Hungarian: Hydra (hu)
• Ido: S/2005 P 1 (io)
• Irish: Hydra (ga)
• Italian: Idra (it)
• Japanese: ヒドラ (ja) (Hidora)

• Korean: 히드라 (ko) (Hideura)
• Latin: Hydra (la) f
• Lithuanian: Hidra (lt)
• Low German: Hydra (nds)
• Manx: Hydra (gv)
• Marathi: हायड्रा (mr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Hydra (no)

  Nynorsk: Hydra (no)

• Persian: هیدرا (fa)
• Polish: Hydra (pl) f
• Portuguese: Hidra (pt) f
• Romanian: Hydra (ro)
• Russian: Гидра (ru) (Gídra) f
• Serbo-Croatian: Hidra (sh)
• Slovak: Hydra (sk)
• Slovene: Hidra (sl)
• Spanish: Hidra (es)
• Turkish: Hydra (tr)
• Ukrainian: Гідра (uk) (Hídra)
• Vietnamese: Hydra (vi)
• Waray-Waray: Hydra
• Welsh: Hydra (cy)

See also

• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Nix, Hydra

Anagrams

• hardy, Hardy

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German

Wikipedia ^de

Proper noun

Hydra f

1. (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythical serpent)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (Hudra), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).

Proper noun

Hydra

1. (Greek mythology) The Hydra (mythical serpent)

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈxɨdra/

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Proper noun

Hydra f

1. (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythical serpent)
2. (astronomy) Hydra (constellation)

Declension

    declension of Hydra

	singular only
nominative	Hydra
genitive	Hydry
dative	Hydrze
accusative	Hydrę
instrumental	Hydrą
locative	Hydrze
vocative	Hydro