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ὕδωρ

udor · τό

water, the waters, spring-water, drinking-water

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Where it lives

  • Nahum 6 · 65.01/10k
  • De Sensu et Sensibilibus 47 · 60.14/10k
  • De Respiratione 35 · 57.62/10k
  • Timaeus 73 · 30.89/10k
  • 2 Peter 3 · 27.7/10k
  • Habacuc 3 · 27.42/10k
  • Leviticus 47 · 25.12/10k
  • De Divinatione per Somnum 3 · 25.02/10k
  • Odae 9 · 22.14/10k
  • Canticum 4 · 20.57/10k
  • Isaias 54 · 20.56/10k
  • De Mundo 13 · 20.5/10k

Densest 12 of 126 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

water, the waters, spring-water, drinking-water, a water, water, water

water, of any kind, but in Hom. rarely of seawater without an epith., ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕ. Od. 3.300, 7.277; but ἁλμυρὸν ὕ. 9.227, al., cf. Th. 4.26; of rivers, ὕ. Αἰσήποιο, Στυγός, Il. 2.825, 8.369, al.; so in Lyr. and Trag., ὕ, Ἀσώπιον Pi. N. 3.3; ὕ. τὸ Νείλου A. Supp. 561 (lyr.): freq. in pl. (but only once in Hom., ὕδατʼ ἀενάοντα Od. 13.109), Καφίσια ὕδατα the waters of Cephisus, Pi. O. 14.1; ῥυτῶν ὑδάτων S. OC 1599; ὕδασιν τοίς Ἀχελῴου Id. Fr. 271 (anap.): spring-water, drinking-water, οἶνον ἔ

2 rain-water, rain, showers

rain-water, rain, ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕ. Ζεύς Il. 16.385; ὗσαι ὕδατι λαβροτάτῳ Hdt. 1.87; ἐγίνετο ὕ. ἄπλετον Id. 8.12; πολύ Th. 6.70, D. 59.99; ὕ. ἐπιγενόμενον πολύ X. HG 1.6.28; τὸ ὕ. τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτός Th. 2.5, cf. Hdt. 8.13: more definitely, ὕδωρ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ X. An. 4.2.2, Aristid. Or. 50(26).35 (but ἐξ οὐρανοῦ is a gloss in Th. 2.77): pl., ὕ. ὄμβρια Pi. O. 11(10).2; τὰ Διὸς, or παρὰ τοῦ Δ., ὕ. Pl. Lg. 761a, 761b; τὸ ἐκ Διὸς ὕ. Thphr. HP 2.6.5; καινὸν ἀεὶ τὸν Δία ὕειν ὕδωρ, ὕδωρ τὸν θεὸν π

3

for ἐν ὕδατι βρέχεσθαι, Hdt. 3.104, v. βρέχω.

4 the water of the water-clock, the time it took in running out, water

in the law-courts, τὸ ὕδωρ was the water of the water-clock (κλεψύδρα), and hence the time it took in running out, ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ D. 44.45; οὐχ ἱκανόν μοι τὸ ὕ. Id. 45.47; ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕ., ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὕ., in the time allowed me, Id. 18.139, 57.61; οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς ταὐτὸ ὕ. εἰπεῖν one cannot say (all) in one speech, Id. 27.12; τὸ ὕ. ἀναλῶσαι Din. 2.6; πρὸς ὕ. σμικρὸν διδάξαι Pl. Tht. 201b; ἐν μικρῷ μέρει τοῦ παντὸς ὕ. D. 29.9; ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕ. stop the water (which was done while the speech was i

5 liquid

generally, liquid, ὕδατος εἴδη τὰ τοιάδε· οἶνος, οὖρον, ὀρός Arist. Mete. 382b13, cf. Hp. Cord. 12.

II

part of the constellation Aquarius, Arat. 399.

2

a name for the winter solstice, Paul.Al. A. 4.

III places with hot, mineral waters

Ὕδατα, τά, as the name of places with hot or mineral waters, Ὕ. Σέξτια, Lat. Aquae Sextiae, Ὕ. Νεαπολιτανά, etc., Ptol. Geog. 2.10.8, 3.3.7, etc. [ῠ by nature, ὕ̆δωρ Il. 18.347, al. (usu. with ῠ when not at end of line), ὕ̆δατος 16.229, al., ὕ̆δατι Od. 12.363, al., ὕ̆δατʼ 13.109, and so always in Att. (exc. sts. in dactylic verse, Ar. Ra. 1339); Hom. freq. has ὕ̄δωρ (always at end of line exc. in phrase Στυγὸς ὕδωρ Il. 15.37), also ὕ̄δατος Il. 21.300, 312, Od. 5.475, ὕ̄δατι Il. 23.282, Od. 22.43

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὕδωρ (scan pp. 1577-1578; entry #6213). Root candidates: *ud-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὕδωρ (scan pp. 1171-1172; entry #8221).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὕδωρ (scan pp. 1929-1931; entry #5815). Root candidates: *wedos-.

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