clepsydra

See also Clepsydra

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• klepsydra, klepsudra

Etymology

From Latin clepsydra.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈklɛpsɪdɹə/

Noun

clepsydra (plural clepsydras)

1. A water clock, especially as used in the ancient world.
   • 1953, John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes, page 124

     "The dull, unflavoured drops from life's clepsydra".

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 856:

     They sat among the choiring clepsydras of the evening garden, time elapsing in a dozen ways, allowing their cigars to go out, keeping a companionable silence.

Translations

A water clock

• Bulgarian: воден часовник (bg) (voden časovnik)
• Finnish: vesikello (fi), klepsydra (fi)
• French: clepsydre (fr) f
• Hungarian: klepszidra (hu), vízóra (hu)

• Italian: clessidra (it) f
• Russian: клепсидра (ru) (kl'epsídra) f
• Spanish: clepsidra (es) f

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsudra, “pipette, water clock”).

Noun

clepsydra (genitive clepsydrae); f, first declension

1. water clock, clepsydra

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	clepsydra	clepsydrae
genitive	clepsydrae	clepsydrārum
dative	clepsydrae	clepsydrīs
accusative	clepsydram	clepsydrās
ablative	clepsydrā	clepsydrīs
vocative	clepsydra	clepsydrae

Descendants

• English: clepsydra