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ὕδρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕδρος ὕδρου

Structure: ὑδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(/dwr

Sense

  1. water serpent
  2. A smaller water animal, such as a spider, fish, or lizard.

Declension

Second 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

  • τελούντων δὲ αὐτῶν Ἀπόλλωνι θυσίαν, ἐκ τοῦ βωμοῦ προσελθὼν ὕδροσ δάκνει Φιλοκτήτην· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 3 39:1)
  • τὸν ἀπ’ Εὐρυδίκασ ἔτλη χόλον, ἦμοσ ἀφοῦθαρ ὕδροσ ὁ γαγενέτασ ὤλεσεν Ἀρχέμορον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 3, chapter 105)
  • ἀποτείνασαι ἑαυτὰσ πέτονται, Ἀλλ’ οὐδὲν ἕξεισ, ἔφη, πλέον οὐδενὸσ οὐδὲ τῷ ὄντι βασιλεύσεισ ἀφ’ ἧσ ἔχεισ διανοίασ, οὐδὲ ἂν ὑπερβαλλόμενοσ τὸ ἐν Βαβυλῶνι τεῖχοσ οὕτωσ ἕλῃσ τὴν πόλιν, ἀλλὰ μὴ διορύττων ἔξωθεν καὶ ὑπορύττων, , οὐδ’ ἂν Κῦρον μιμησάμενοσ κατὰ τὸν ποταμὸν εἰσρυῇσ, ὥσπερ ὕδροσ, οὐδ’ ἂν ἑτέραν προσλάβῃσ μείζω τῆσ Ἀσίασ ἤπειρον, τὸν Ὠκεανὸν διανηξάμενοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 62:1)

Synonyms

  1. water serpent

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