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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

  • οὐκ ἔδεσθε ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν ὠμὸν οὐδὲ ἡψημένον ἐν ὕδατι, ἀλλ̓ ἢ ὀπτὰ πυρί, κεφαλὴν σὺν τοῖσ ποσὶ καὶ τοῖσ ἐνδοσθίοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 12:9)
  • ἀπέστειλασ τὸ πνεῦμά σου, ἐκάλυψεν αὐτοὺσ θάλασσα. ἔδυσαν ὡσεὶ μόλιβοσ ἐν ὕδατι σφοδρῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 15:10)
  • ἐδίψησε δὲ ἐκεῖ ὁ λαὸσ ὕδατι, καὶ διεγόγγυζεν ἐκεῖ ὁ λαὸσ πρὸσ Μωυσῆν λέγοντεσ. ἱνατί τοῦτο̣ ἀνεβίβασασ ἡμᾶσ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἀποκτεῖναι ἡμᾶσ καὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν καὶ τὰ κτήνη τῷ δίψει̣ (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 17:3)
  • καὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ τοὺσ υἱοὺσ αὐτοῦ προσάξεισ ἐπὶ τὰσ θύρασ τῆσ σκηνῆσ τοῦ μαρτυρίου καὶ λούσεισ αὐτοὺσ ἐν ὕδατι. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 29:4)
  • καὶ τὸν κριὸν διχοτομήσεισ κατὰ μέλη καὶ πλυνεῖσ τὰ ἐνδόσθια καὶ τούσ πόδασ ὕδατι καὶ ἐπιθήσεισ ἐπὶ τὰ διχοτομήματα σὺν τῇ κεφαλῇ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 29:17)

Synonyms

  1. water

  2. sweat

  3. time

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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