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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

  • Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. συναχθήτω τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ συναγωγὴν μίαν, καὶ ὀφθήτω ἡ ξηρά. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. καὶ συνήχθη τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ τὰσ συναγωγὰσ αὐτῶν, καὶ ὤφθη ἡ ξηρά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:9)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ ἰδοὺ ἐπάγω τὸν κατακλυσμόν, ὕδωρ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καταφθεῖραι πᾶσαν σάρκα, ἐν ᾗ ἐστι πνεῦμα ζωῆσ, ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν ᾖ ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, τελευτήσει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 6:17)
  • εἰσῆλθε δὲ Νῶε καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκεσ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ εἰσ τὴν κιβωτὸν διὰ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ κατατακλυσμοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:7)
  • καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὰσ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 7:10)

Synonyms

  1. water

  2. sweat

  3. time

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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