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ὑδρία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑδρία

Structure: ὑδρι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: u(/dwr

Sense

  1. a water-pot, pitcher, urn
  2. a vessel, a pot of money
  3. the balloting urn
  4. a cinerary urn

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

  • καὶ ἔσται ἡ παρθένοσ, ᾗ ἂν ἐγὼ εἴπω, ἐπίκλινον τὴν ὑδρίαν σου, ἵνα πίω, καὶ εἴπῃ μοι, πίε σύ, καὶ τὰσ καμήλουσ σου ποτιῶ, ἕωσ ἂν παύσωνται πίνουσαι, ταύτην ἡτοίμασασ τῷ παιδί σου τῷ Ἰσαάκ, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ γνώσομαι ὅτι ἐποίησασ ἔλεοσ μετὰ τοῦ κυρίου μου Ἁβραάμ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:14)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο πρὸ τοῦ συντελέσαι αὐτὸν λαλοῦντα ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ Ρεβέκκα ἐξεπορεύετο ἡ τεχθεῖσα Βαθουήλ, υἱῷ Μελχὰσ τῆσ γυναικὸσ Ναχώρ, ἀδελφοῦ δὲ Ἁβραάμ, ἔχουσα τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:15)
  • ἡ δὲ παρθένοσ ἦν καλὴ τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα. παρθένοσ ἦν, ἀνὴρ οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτήν. καταβᾶσα δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν πηγὴν ἔπλησε τὴν ὑδρίαν αὐτῆσ καὶ ἀνέβη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:16)
  • ἡ δὲ εἶπε. πίε, κύριε. καὶ ἔσπευσε καὶ καθεῖλε τὴν ὑδρίαν ἐπὶ τὸν βραχίονα αὐτῆσ καὶ ἐπότισεν αὐτόν, ἕωσ ἐπαύσατο πίνων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:18)
  • καὶ ἔσπευσε καὶ ἐξεκένωσε τὴν ὑδρίαν εἰσ τὸ ποτιστήριον καὶ ἔδραμεν ἐπὶ τὸ φρέαρ ἀντλῆσαι πάλιν καὶ ὑδρεύσατο πάσαισ ταῖσ καμήλοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:20)

Synonyms

  1. the balloting urn

  2. a cinerary urn

Related

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

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