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

 

• IPA^(key): /hý.dros/ → /ˈy.ðros/ → /ˈi.ðros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.dros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.dros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ðros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.ðros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðros/

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.

Related terms

• ὕδρα (húdra), ὕδρη (húdrē)

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