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ὑγρότης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑγρότης ὑγρότες

Structure: ὑγροτη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: u(gro/s

Sense

  1. wetness, moisture
  2. pliancy, suppleness, flickering motion, lambency
  3. languor

Examples

  • ἀκολουθεῖ δὲ τῇ ἐλευθεριότητι τοῦ ἤθουσ ὑγρότησ καὶ εὐαγωγία καὶ φιλανθρωπία καὶ τὸ εἶναι ἐλεητικὸν καὶ φιλόφιλον καὶ φιλόξενον καὶ φιλόκαλον. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 24:3)
  • ὑγρότησ μὲν οὖν καὶ τοῖσ τεθνηκόσι πάρεστι καὶ οὐκ ἐξῄρηται παντάπασιν ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἂν ἐσήπετο τὰ νεκρὰ τῶν σωμάτων, τῆσ σήψεωσ εἰσ ὑγρὸν οὔσησ ἐκ ξηροῦ μεταβολῆσ, μᾶλλον δ’ ὑγρῶν ἐν σαρκὶ φθορᾶσ. (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 9 4:2)
  • φυτὰ μὲν γὰρ καὶ καρποὺσ οὐχ ἡ ὑγρότησ ἀναδίδωσιν ἀλλ’ ἡ θερμὴ ὑγρότησ· (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 9 8:2)
  • "ὁ δὲ αὐχμὸσ πολιωτέρουσ ποιεῖ, εἴτε γὰρ αὐάνσισ τριχὸσ ἡ πολιὰ εἴτ’ ἔνδεια θερμοῦ, ἡ ξηρότησ μαραίνει, διὸ καὶ τὰ πιλία θᾶττον ποιεῖ πολιούσ ἐκπίνεται γὰρ ἡ οἰκεία τῆσ τριχὸσ ὑγρότησ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 45 2:5)

Synonyms

  1. wetness

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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