hydria

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wed-

Proto-Indo-European *-r̥

Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥

Proto-Hellenic *údōr

Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)

Ancient Greek ὑδρία (hudría)bor.

English hydria

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδρία (hudría, “water jar or water container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪdɹiə/

Noun

hydria (plural hydrias or hydriae or hydriai)

1. A three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and pour water.

Anagrams

• Riyadh

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhy.dri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.dri.a]

Noun

hydria f (genitive hydriae); first declension

1. jug, ewer, urn

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hydria	hydriae
genitive	hydriae	hydriārum
dative	hydriae	hydriīs
accusative	hydriam	hydriās
ablative	hydriā	hydriīs
vocative	hydria	hydriae

References

• “hydria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hydria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "hydria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “hydria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “hydria”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “hydria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hydria”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin