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εὔυδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔυδρος εὔυδρον

Structure: εὐυδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(/dwr

Sense

  1. well-watered, abounding in water
  2. with beautiful water

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓υδρος εύ̓υδρον
Genitive εὐύδρου εὐύδρου
Dative εὐύδρῳ εὐύδρῳ
Accusative εύ̓υδρον εύ̓υδρον
Vocative εύ̓υδρε εύ̓υδρον
DualN/A/V εὐύδρω εὐύδρω
G/D εὐύδροιν εὐύδροιν
PluralNominative εύ̓υδροι εύ̓υδρα
Genitive εὐύδρων εὐύδρων
Dative εὐύδροις εὐύδροις
Accusative εὐύδρους εύ̓υδρα
Vocative εύ̓υδροι εύ̓υδρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓υδρος εὐύδρου εὐυδρότερος εὐυδροτέρου εὐυδρότατος εὐυδροτάτου
Adverb εὐύδρως εὐυδρότερον εὐυδρότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἡ ἑτέρα δὲ πλατεῖα καὶ ἀνθηρὰ καὶ εὐύδροσ, τοιαύτη οἱάν μικρῷ πρόσθεν εἶπον, ἵνα μὴ πολλάκισ τὰ αὐτὰ λέγων ἐπέχω σε ἤδη ῥήτορα εἶναι δυνάμενον. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 7:6)
  • καὶ ἡ Καρμανίη τῶν Ἰχθυοφάγων τῆσ γῆσ καὶ τῶν Ὠρειτέων εὐδενδροτέρη τε καὶ εὐκαρποτέρη ἐστί, καὶ ποιώδησ μᾶλλόν τι καὶ εὐύδροσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 32 4:1)
  • ἀλλὰ ἡ Κυρήνη γὰρ τῆσ Λιβύησ ἐν τοῖσι ἐρημοτέροισι πεπολισμένη ποιώδησ τέ ἐστι καὶ εὐύδροσ καὶ καρπῶν παντοίων καὶ κτηνέων πάμφοροσ ἔστε ἐπὶ τοῦ σιλφίου τὰσ ἐκφύσιασ· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 43 13:1)
  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τὰ ἑσπέρια, ἡ δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν ἑώ φέρειν ἐοίκεν, ἡ δέ τισ ἐπὶ τὰσ ἄρκτουσ, καὶ ἄλλη εὐθὺ τῆσ μεσημβρίασ, καὶ ἡ μὲν διὰ λειμώνων καὶ φυτῶν καὶ σκιᾶσ εὐύδροσ καὶ ἡδεῖα οὐδὲν ἀντίτυπον ἢ δύσβατον ἔχουσα, ἡ δὲ πετρώδησ καὶ τραχεῖα πολὺν ἥλιον καὶ δίψοσ καὶ κάματον προφαίνουσα· (Lucian, 51:8)
  • τοσαύτη δὲ οὖσα τὸ μέγεθοσ, ὅση μὴ πολὺ ἀποδεῖν τετάρτη λέγεσθαι μοῖρα τῆσ Εὐρώπησ, εὐύδρόσ τε καὶ πίειρα καὶ καρποῖσ δαψιλὴσ καὶ κτήνεσιν ἀρίστη νέμεσθαι, σχίζεται μέση ποταμῷ Ῥήνῳ, μεγίστῳ μετὰ τὸν Ἴστρον εἶναι δοκοῦντι τῶν κατὰ τὴν Εὐρώπην ποταμῶν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 14, chapter 1 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. well-watered

  2. with beautiful water

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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