The corpus record

ὑδρ-εύω

udreuo

draw fetch

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Where it lives

Ruth 1 · 5.21/10k
Genesis 6 · 2/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Regnorum I 2 · 1.08/10k
Paralipomenon I 1 · 0.75/10k
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Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k
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What it meant

ὑδρ-εύω · hydr-euō — LSJ

draw fetch, carry water, draw water for oneself

draw fetch, or carry water, Od. 10.105, Thgn. 264:—freq. in Med., draw water for oneself, [κρήνη] ὅθεν ὑδρεύοντο πολῖται Od. 7.131, 17.206, cf. Hdt. 7.193, E. Tr. 205 (lyr.); ὕδωρ ἀνασπάσαντας ὑδρεύεσθαι Th. 4.97; παρὰ τῶν γειτόνων Pl. Lg. 844b; [ἀπὸ τελμάτων] ὑ. αἱ μέλιτται Arist. HA 626a11.

II water, irrigate

trans., water, irrigate, Thphr. HP 2.6.3.

In the wild

ὑδρευσάμενοι · hydreusamenoi Herodotus, Histories 7.193.2 (DIORISIS sentence 8188)
ὑδρεύετο · hydreueto Herodotus, Histories 9.49.2 (DIORISIS sentence 9675)
ὑδρευούσῃ · hydreuousēi Odyssey 10.105
ὑδρεύοντο · hydreuonto Odyssey 17.206
ὑδρεύοντο · hydreuonto Odyssey 7.131
ὑδρευέσθω · hydreuesthō Plato, Laws 844

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