ὕδρα

See also: Ύδρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ῠ̔́δρη (húdrē) Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, from the root *wed-. See also Mycenaean Greek 𐀄𐀈𐀫 (u-do-ro). Cognate with English otter and Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), Czech vydra, Russian вы́дра (výdra), Lithuanian ūdra, Latin lutra.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ῠ̔́δρᾱ (húdrā) f (genitive ῠ̔́δρᾱς); first declension

  1. sea serpent

Inflection

Descendants

References

  • ὕδρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ὕδρα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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