"ὕδρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ὕδρος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /hý.dros/, /ˈy.ðros/, /ˈi.ðros/, /hý.dros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈ(h)y.dros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈy.ðros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈy.ðros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈi.ðros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *udrós, from the root *wed-. See also Mycenaean Greek 𐀄𐀈𐀫 (u-do-ro). Cognate with English otter and Sanskrit उद्र (udrá). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*wed-}}, {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*udrós}} Proto-Indo-European *udrós, {{cog|gmy|𐀄𐀈𐀫}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀄𐀈𐀫 (u-do-ro), {{cog|en|otter}} English otter, {{cog|sa|उद्र|tr=udrá}} Sanskrit उद्र (udrá) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ῠ̔́δρου|m|second|head=ῠ̔́δρος}} ῠ̔́δρος • (hŭ́dros) m (genitive ῠ̔́δρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ῠ̔́δρος|ῠ̔́δρου|form=M-full}} Forms: ῠ̔́δρος [canonical], hŭ́dros [romanization], ῠ̔́δρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ῠ̔́δρος [nominative, singular], ῠ̔́δρω [dual, nominative], οἱ ῠ̔́δροι [nominative, plural], τοῦ ῠ̔́δρου [genitive, singular], ῠ̔́δροιν [dual, genitive], ῠ̔́δρων [genitive, plural], τῷ ῠ̔́δρῳ [dative, singular], ῠ̔́δροιν [dative, dual], τοῖς ῠ̔́δροις [dative, plural], τὸν ῠ̔́δρον [accusative, singular], ῠ̔́δρω [accusative, dual], τοὺς ῠ̔́δρους [accusative, plural], ῠ̔́δρε [singular, vocative], ῠ̔́δρω [dual, vocative], ῠ̔́δροι [plural, vocative]
  1. water serpent
    Sense id: en-ὕδρος-grc-noun-si2GR753 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Arthropods, Snakes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Arthropods: 93 7 Disambiguation of Snakes: 74 26
  2. A smaller water animal, such as a spider, fish, or lizard.
    Sense id: en-ὕδρος-grc-noun-EAL2E848 Categories (other): Fish Disambiguation of Fish: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ὕδρα (húdra), ὕδρη (húdrē)
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      "roman": "húdra",
      "word": "ὕδρα"
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          "fish",
          "fish"
        ],
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        ]
      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/hý.dros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈy.ðros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.ðros/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hý.dros/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈ(h)y.dros/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈy.ðros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈy.ðros/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.ðros/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ὕδρος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wed-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈi.ðros/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈy.ðros/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈy.ðros/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈi.ðros/",
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}

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