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ὕδρᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕδρᾱ ὕδρας

Structure: ὑδρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: u(/dwr

Sense

  1. sea serpent

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὕδρᾱ ύ̔δρᾱ ύ̔δραι
Genitive ύ̔δρᾱς ύ̔δραιν ὑδρῶν
Dative ύ̔δρᾱͅ ύ̔δραιν ύ̔δραις
Accusative ύ̔δρᾱν ύ̔δρᾱ ύ̔δρᾱς
Vocative ύ̔δρᾱ ύ̔δρᾱ ύ̔δραι

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

  • ἢ τί φήσομεν καλὸν ὕδρᾳ μὲν ἐλθεῖν ἐσ μάχην λέοντί τε Εὐρυσθέωσ πομπαῖσι, τῶν δ’ ἐμῶν τέκνων οὐκ ἐκπονήσω θάνατον; (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 4:12)
  • τὶσ γὰρ ἢ δράκαιν’ ἄμικτοσ ἢ Χίμαιρα πυρπνόοσ ἢ Χάρυβδισ ἢ τρίκρανοσ Σκύλλα, ποντία κύων, Σφίγξ, Ὕδρα, λέαιν’, ἔχιδνα, πτηνὰ θ’ Ἁρπυιῶν γένη, εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν ἀφῖκται τοῦ καταπτύστου γένουσ; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 6 3:3)
  • πάντα τὰ σκεύη γὰρ ἕλκων ᾤχετ’ ἐκ τῆσ οἰκίασ, οἱ Σινώπῃ δ’ αὖ συνόντεσ οὐχ Ὕδρᾳ σύνεισι νῦν; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 6 4:4)
  • εἶχε δὲ ἡ ὕδρα ὑπερμέγεθεσ σῶμα, κεφαλὰσ ἔχον ἐννέα, τὰσ μὲν ὀκτὼ θνητάσ, τὴν δὲ μέσην ἀθάνατον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 2:3)
  • ἐπεβοήθει δὲ καρκίνοσ τῇ ὕδρᾳ ὑπερμεγέθησ, δάκνων τὸν πόδα. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. sea serpent

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