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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὕδωρ ύ̔δατε ύ̔δατα
Genitive ύ̔δατος ὑδάτοιν ὑδάτων
Dative ύ̔δατι ὑδάτοιν ύ̔δασιν*
Accusative ὕδωρ ύ̔δατε ύ̔δατα
Vocative ύ̔δα ύ̔δατε ύ̔δατα

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

  • ἡ δὲ γῆ ἦν ἀόρατοσ καὶ ἀκατασκεύαστοσ, καὶ σκότοσ ἐπάνω τῆσ ἀβύσσου, καὶ πνεῦμα Θεοῦ ἐπεφέρετο ἐπάνω τοῦ ὕδατοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:2)
  • Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. γενηθήτω στερέωμα ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ὕδατοσ καὶ ἔστω διαχωρίζον ἀνὰ μέσον ὕδατοσ καὶ ὕδατοσ. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:6)
  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸ στερέωμα, καὶ διεχώρισεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ ὕδατοσ, ὃ ἦν ὑποκάτω τοῦ στερεώματοσ, καὶ ἀναμέσον τοῦ ὕδατοσ τοῦ ἐπάνω τοῦ στερεώματοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. water

  2. sweat

  3. time

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