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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

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

  • τὸ δὲ οὐχ οὕτωσ ἔχει σοι, ἀλλὰ ὅσῳ τισ ἂν αὐτὴν ἐξαντλῇ τοῖσ πόνοισ, τοσῷδε μᾶλλον ἐπιρρεῖ κατὰ τὸν περὶ τῆσ Ὕδρασ μῦθον, εἴ τινα ἤκουσασ, ὡσ ἀντὶ μιᾶσ κεφαλῆσ τμηθείσησ δύ’ ἀεὶ ἄλλαι ἀνεφύοντο. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 35:5)
  • ἀνάγκην ἐξηγούμεθα καὶ μισοῦσί τε ἅμα καὶ ἐπιβουλεύουσιν ἀνθρώποισ σύνεσμεν, ὅπου μηδὲ τῶν μορμολυκείων ‐ ὄφελόσ τι ἡμῖν γίγνεται, ἀλλὰ τῷ περὶ τῆσ Ὕδρασ μύθῳ τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐοίκεν· (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 8:3)
  • μαινομένῳ πιτύλῳ πλαγχθεὶσ ἑκατογκεφάλου <τε> βαφαῖσ ὕδρασ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric1)
  • ἢ εἴ γε μὴ ὁ Εὐρυσθεύσ, ἀνὴρ δίκαιοσ καὶ προνοητικόσ, ὑπὸ φιλανθρωπίασ ἀναπυνθανόμενοσ τὰ παρ’ ἑκάστοισ ἐξέπεμπε τουτονὶ τὸν οἰκέτην αὑτοῦ, ἐργατικὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ πρόθυμον εἰσ τοὺσ πόνουσ, ὦ Ζεῦ, σὺ ὀλίγον ἐφρόντισασ ἂν τῆσ Ὕδρασ καὶ τῶν ἐν Στυμφάλῳ ὀρνέων καὶ ἵππων τῶν Θρᾳκίων καὶ τῆσ Κενταύρων ὕβρεωσ καὶ παροινίασ. (Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, (no name) 21:3)
  • ταῖσ δ’ ἑβδόμαισ Ἄδραστοσ ἐν πύλαισιν ἦν, ἑκατὸν ἐχίδναισ ἀσπίδ’ ἐκπληρῶν γραφῇ, ὕδρασ ἔχων λαιοῖσιν ἐν βραχίοσιν Ἀργεῖον αὔχημ’· (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 7:1)

Synonyms

  1. sea serpent

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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