The corpus record

ὑδρ-εία

udreia · ἡ

drawing water, fetching water

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Where it lives

Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant — LSJ

drawing water, fetching water

drawing water, fetching water, Th. 7.13, Pl. Lg. 844b, Plb. 2.9.2, etc.: in pl., Pl. Ax. 371e.

2 distribution of water, watering, irrigation

distribution of water, watering, irrigation, Id. Lg. 761c, Thphr. HP 2.6.3: metaph., ἡ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας ἐπὶ τὰς φλέβας ὑ, Pl. Ti. 78b, cf. 77d.

II watering-place

watering-place, Plu. Them. 9.—Cf. ὑδρία fin.

In the wild

ὑδρείαις · hydreiais Plato, Laws 761
ὑδρείας · hydreias Plato, Laws 844
ὑδρείαν · hydreian Plato, Timaeus 77 (DIORISIS sentence 734)
ὑδρείαν · hydreian Plato, Timaeus 78 (DIORISIS sentence 738)
ὑδρείαν · hydreian Thucydides, History 7.13.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4837)

Where it came from

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