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ὑδᾰρής

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watery, mixed with too much water, with a higher proportion of alloy

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Where it lives

De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1 · 2.06/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
Politics 1 · 0.15/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — LSJ

watery

watery, ὑδαρὲς διαχωρεῖν Hp. Prog. 11; ἰχῶρες Arist. HA 586b33, etc.

2 mixed with too much water, with a higher proportion of alloy

mostly of wine, mixed with too much water, ὑδαρῆ ʼνέχεέν σοι;—παντάπασι μὲν οὖν ὕδωρ Pherecr. 70, cf. Hp. Aër. 9 (Sup.), X. Lac. 1.3, Alex. 226, 230, Gal. 6.272 (Comp.); κεράννυται οὔθʼ ὑδαρὲς οὔτʼ ἄκρατον Antiph. 24; κυλίκιον ὑ. Lyc. Fr. 2: metaph., τὸ χρύσιον κέρναν ὐδαρέστερον, i.e. mix with a higher proportion of alloy, IG 12(2).1.14 (Mytil., iv B. C.).

3 washy, feeble, languid

metaph., washy, feeble, languid, ὑδαρεῖ σαίνειν φιλότητι A. Ag. 798 (anap.); φιλία Arist. Pol. 1262b15; μῦθος Id. Po. 1462b7; ὑ. καὶ ψυχρὸς λόγος D.H. Din. 11.

II watery, pale grey

of colour, watery, pale grey, ὄμμα προβάτων Arist. GA 779a32.

III insipid

of taste, insipid, as plums, Thphr. HP 1.12.1.

In the wild

ὑδαρεῖ · hydarei Aeschylus, Agamemnon 795–798
ὑδαρῆ · hydarē Aristotle, Ars Poetica 26
ὑδαρῆ · hydarē Aristotle, De Somno et Vigilia (DIORISIS sentence 65)
ὑδαρὲς · hydares Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4189)
ὑδαρῆ · hydarē Aristotle, Politics 1262b (DIORISIS sentence 397)
ὑδαρεῖ · hydarei Xenophon, Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 1.3 (DIORISIS sentence 6)

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