hydra
English
Etymology
After the Hydra, from Greek mythology, which grew two new heads every time one of its heads was cut off. The first sense alludes to the budding method of asexual reproduction that the hydra practices, similar to growing new heads. The second sense refers to how the creature could not be killed by a swift, decisive solution (in contrast to a Gordian knot).
Pronunciation
Noun
hydra (plural hydras or hydrae or hydræ)
- Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.
- (fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
- A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.
- 2009, Kris Frieswick, Till Death Do Us Pay:
- Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually based on case law, the growing mountain of which is a hydra of rulings that point in so many directions that almost any decision can be defended or overturned on appeal, depending on how smart your lawyer is and which precedent he selects to argue your case.
- 2009, Kris Frieswick, Till Death Do Us Pay:
Translations
complex, multifarious problem
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Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation
Noun
hydra f
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, singular only) Hydra, a mythological serpent with seven heads
- something monstrous which is extremely difficult to fight with (often connected with organized crime)
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- Šéf Útvaru pro odhalování organizovaného zločinu Robert Šlachta popsal veřejnosti, jak vlastně vypadá kauza Nagyová, kmotři a korupčníci. Je to hluboká klientelistická hydra.
- The boss of the police unit for combating organized crime Robert Šlachta has described to the public how the case of Nagyová, godfathers and bribers appears. It is a deep clientelistic hydra.
- Hydra, a genus of hydrozoan in family Lua error in Module:parameters at line 828: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.
- 2017, Filip Drlík, Obsahují davy: O mikrobech v nás, kolem nás a o jejich fascinujícím vlivu na náš život[2], Jan Melvil, translation of original by Ed Yong, →ISBN:
- Mytologická hydra terorizovala vesničany svým jedovatým dechem a krví, přičemž skutečná hydra zabíjí perloočky a korýše pomocí žahavých buněk, z nichž vystřeluje otrávené harpuny.
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Declension
Alternative forms
- (serpent): Hydra
Synonyms
- (genus Hydra): nezmar
Hypernyms
- (genus Hydra): živočichové – regnum; žahavci – phylum; polypovci – class; nezmaři – order; nezmarovití – family
Hyponyms
- (genus Hydra): nezmar hvězdnatý, nezmar obecný, nezmar opásaný, nezmar ostropouzdrý, nezmar podélník, nezmar štíhlý, nezmar zelený
Related terms
- See hydro-
Further reading
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhy.dra/, [ˈhʏd̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.dra/, [ˈiːd̪rä]
Noun
hydra f (genitive hydrae); first declension (masculine hydrus)
- A water-snake.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | hydra | hydrae |
| Genitive | hydrae | hydrārum |
| Dative | hydrae | hydrīs |
| Accusative | hydram | hydrās |
| Ablative | hydrā | hydrīs |
| Vocative | hydra | hydrae |
Related terms
References
- “hydra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hydra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “hydra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[3]
- “hydra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hydra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra), from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, from the root *wed-. Doublet of nutria (“coypu”) and wydra (“otter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hydra f
- (fantasy) hydra (dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed)
- Hypernym: stworzenie
- (figurative) evil that is difficult to eradicate
- Hypernym: zło
- hydra; freshwater polyp from the genus Hydra
- Synonym: stułbia
Declension
Declension of hydra
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