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ὕδωρ

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὕδωρ ὕδατος

Structure: ὑδατ (Stem)

Etym.: epic also u(/dei as if from u(/dos

Sense

  1. water
  2. rainwater, rain
  3. sweat
  4. time (from the waterclocks of Greek legal systems)

Declension

Third 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

  • οὐ ποιήσεισ σεαυτῷ εἴδωλον, οὐδὲ παντὸσ ὁμοίωμα, ὅσα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τῇ γῇ κάτω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασιν ὑποκάτω τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 20:4)
  • ὁμοίωμα παντὸσ ἑρπετοῦ, ὃ ἕρπει ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὁμοίωμα παντὸσ ἰχθύοσ, ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασιν ὑποκάτω τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:18)
  • οὐ ποιήσεισ σεαυτῷ εἴδωλον οὐδὲ παντὸσ ὁμοίωμα, ὅσα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τῇ γῇ κάτω καὶ ὅσα ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασιν ὑποκάτω τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 5:8)
  • πᾶν ὑψηλὸν ὁρᾷ, αὐτὸσ δὲ βασιλεὺσ πάντων τῶν ἐν τοῖσ ὕδασιν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 41:26)
  • μάκαρ ὦ Πιερία, σέβεταί σ’ Εὐιόσ, ἥξει τε χορεύσων ἅμα βακχεύ‐ μασι, τόν τ’ ὠκυρόαν διαβὰσ Ἀξιὸν εἱλισ‐ σομένασ Μαινάδασ ἄξει, Λυδίαν πατέρα τε, τὸν τᾶσ εὐδαιμονίασ βροτοῖσ ὀλβοδόταν, τὸν ἔκλυον εὐίππον χώραν ὕδασιν καλλίστοισι λιπαίνειν. (Euripides, choral, epode3)

Synonyms

  1. water

  2. sweat

  3. time

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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