carry water
carry water, X. An. 4.5.9, Arist. HA 625b19.
II serve as ὑδροφόρος
serve as ὑδροφόρος, CIG 2886 (Branchidae), Milet. 7.67.
The corpus record
ὑδροφορ-έω
udrophoreo
carry water
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Where it lives
- Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ὑδροφόρουν · hydrophoroun Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3499)
- ὑδροφορούσας · hydrophorousas Xenophon, Anabasis 4.5.9 (DIORISIS sentence 1758)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.