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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

  • τί δὴ τὸ σεμνὸν σῷ κατείργασται πόσει, ὕδραν ἕλειον εἰ διώλεσε κτανὼν ἢ τὸν Νέμειον θῆρα; (Euripides, Heracles, episode8)
  • τάν τε μυριόκρανον πολύφονον κύνα Λέρνασ ὕδραν ἐξεπύρωσεν, βέλεσί τ’ ἀμφέβαλ’ <ἰόν>, τὸν τρισώματον οἷσιν ἔ‐ κτα βοτῆρ’ Ἐρυθείασ. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, ephymnion 31)
  • τήν τ’ ἀμφίκρανον καὶ παλιμβλαστῆ κύνα ὕδραν φονεύσασ μυρίων τ’ ἄλλων πόνων διῆλθον ἀγέλασ κἀσ νεκροὺσ ἀφικόμην, Αἵδου πυλωρὸν κύνα τρίκρανον ἐσ φάοσ ὅπωσ πορεύσαιμ’ ἐντολαῖσ Εὐρυσθέωσ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 2:10)
  • οὐκοῦν καὶ ὁπότε τὸν λέοντα ἢ τὴν ὕδραν ἐφόνευον, αἱ Μοῖραι δι’ ἐμοῦ ἐκεῖνα ἔπραττον; (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 32:5)
  • ‐ ἰδοὺ τάνδ’, ἄθρησον, Λερναῖον ὕδραν ἐναίρει χρυσέαισ ἁρ́παισ ὁ Διὸσ παῖσ· (Euripides, Ion, choral, strophe 13)

Synonyms

  1. sea serpent

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