ὑγρός (ugros)

1. ὑγρός · hygros — Beekes

ὑγρός [adj.] ‘wet, moist, watery, fluid; weak, soft, flexible’ (Il). <1E *ug-ro- ‘moist’> COMP ὑγρομελής ‘with flexible limbs’ (X., Poll.), κάθυγρος ‘soaked’ (Hp. Thphr. etc.). *DER 1. Subst. ὑγρότης, Dor. -ότας [f.] ‘moisture, weakness, etc.’ (IA, Ti. Locr.); -ηδών, -ηδόνος [f.] ‘id’ (Hp.); -inv: τὸ οὖρον. Διονύσιος (H.). 2. Verbs: a. byp-aivw ‘to wet, water’ (IA), very often with καθ-, δι-, ἐξ-, etc; -ανσις [f.] … — [Beekes, s.v. ὑγρός, p. 1576]

2. ὑγρός · hygros — Chantraine

ὑγρός : «liquide, fluide» (opposé à ξηρός), dit de l'huile, épithète de ὕδωρ (Od. 4,458), ὑγρὰ κέλευθα (Hom.) dit de la mer, avec les expressions τὰ ὑγρὰ et τὴν ὑγρήν ; aussi « humide, moisi», enfin au figuré « souple », dit de membres (cf. X. Εφ. 1,6, etc.), « mou, conciliant » ; parfois aussi dit d'une vie facile, opulente, ces derniers développements en grec hellén. et tardif (Hom., ion.-att.). En composition, au … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὑγρός, p. 1170]

3. ὑγρός · hygros — Frisk

ὑγρός ‘naß, feucht, wässerig, füssig; weich, schlaff, geschmeidig’ (seit: 11.). Zahlreiche Kompp., 2. B. öygo-weing "mit geschmeidigen Gliedern’ (X., Poll.), κάϑουγρος "durchnäßt’ (Hp., Thphr. u.a.; vgl. Strömberg Prefix Studies 124 u. 155) mit naher Beziehung zu xad-vyoaivo usw. — Davon 1. Subst. ὑγρ-ότης, dor. -srac f."Feuehtigkeit, Weichheit usw.’ (ion. att., Ti. Lokr.); -ηδών, -ηδόνος f. "ds. (Hp.); … — [Frisk, s.v. ὑγρός, p. 1927]

4. ὑγρός · hygros — LSJ

wet, moist, fluid, raw, liquid, moist, rainy, wet, a wet ground

wet, moist, fluid (opp. ξηρός) , ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, i. e. olive-oil, opp. fat or tallow, Il. 23.281, Od. 6.79; ὑ. πίσσα, νᾶπυ, raw pitch, liquid mustard, SIG 1171.14 (Lebena, i B. C.), IG 42(1).126.22 (Epid., ii A. D.); τὸ ὑ. ξύλον, opp. τὸ ξηρόν, Ev.Luc. 23.31; ὑγρὸν ὕδωρ Od. 4.458; ἄνεμοι ὑγρὸν ἀέντες winds blowing moist or rainy, 5.478, 19.440, Hes. Op. 625, Th. 869; ὑ. ἅλς, πέλαγος, θάλασσα, Pi. O. 7.69. P. 4.40, A. Supp. 259; ὑγρὰ νύξ a wet night, Pl. Criti. 112a; ἐφʼ ὑγροῖς ζωγραφεῖν paint on a

2 moist, sea, watery

ὑγρά, Ion. ὑγρή, ἡ, the moist, i.e. the sea, ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρήν Il. 14.308; ἠμὲν ἐφʼ ὑγρὴν ἠδʼ ἐπʼ ἀπείρονα γαῖαν 24.341, Od. 1.97; ἐφʼ ὑγρᾷ Ar. V. 678; πουλὺν ἐφʼ ὑγρήν Il. 10.27; so ὑγρὰ κέλευθα the watery ways, i. e. the sea, 1.312, Od. 3.71.

3 wet, moisture, Liquid, fluid, liquids

τὸ ὑ. and τὰ ὑ. wet, moisture, Hdt. 1.142, Hp. Loc.Hom. 9, Liqu. tit.; Liquid, Hdt. 4.172; γῆ ὑγρῷ φυραθεῖσα Pl. Tht. 147c; ἐξερρύα συχνὸν ὑγρόν a quantity of fluid, IG 42(1).122.4 (Epid., iv B. C.); μετρεῖν τὰ ὑγρά liquids, ib. 2(2).1013.10; ἐπὶ ὑγροῖς οὐκ ἐξὸν δανείζειν PGnom. 232 (ii A. D.).

4 liquid

μέτρα ὑγρὰ καὶ ξηρά liquid and dry measure, Pl. Lg. 746e.

5 water

θῆρες ὑ. water-animals, opp. πεζοί, AP 9.18 (Germ.); οἱ ὄρνιθες οἱ ὑ. Philostr. Im. 1.9; ὑ. ἀοιδός, of a frog, AP 6.43 (Plato).

6 loose

of the bowels or faeces, loose, Hp. Aph. 2.20, Arist. HA 617a1.

7 damp

ὑ. σφυγμός a damp pulse, defined by Gal. 19.405.

II soft, pliant, supple, in an easy position

soft, pliant, supple, of the eagleʼs back, Pi. P. 1.9; of the limbs and body, ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀγκάλαις E. Fr. 941, cf. Babr. 34.7; ὑγρὸς τὸ εἶδος, of Ἔρως, Pl. Smp. 196a; νεώτερος καὶ ὑγρότερος, opp. σκληρός, Id. Tht. 162b; χορῷ . . ἔτερπον κέαρ ὑγροῖσι ποσσί B. 16.108; ὑ. ὀρχηστής Poll. 4.96, cf. Arist. PA 655a24 (Comp.); ὑγρὰ ἔχειν τὰ σκέλη, of a horse, X. Eq. 1.6; of a horseʼs neck, Id. Cyn. 4.1 (so in Adv. of colts, γόνατα ὑγρῶς κάμπτειν, ὑγρῶς τοῖς σκέλεσι χρῆσθαι, Id. Eq. 1.6, 10.15); of the har

2 languid, feeble

languid, feeble, of one dying, ἐς ὑγρὸν ἀγκῶνα . . παρθένῳ προσπτύσσεται S. Ant. 1236; κἀπιθεὶς ὑγρὰν χέρα E. Ph. 1439.

3 flaccid, flabby

of substance, flaccid, flabby, σάρκες Arist. HA 598a9, 603b32, al.

b tender

tender, νεοττοί Ael. NA 7.9; βρέφος Nonn. D. 1.4.

4 moist with wine, tipsy

moist with wine, tipsy, ὑγρὴν τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχειν Heraclit. 117; ἡ διάνοια ὑ. γεγενημένη Plu. QConv. 2.713a; οἰνοβαρὴς . . ὑγρὸν ἀείδων, οὐ μάλα νηφάλιον κλάζων μέλος Opp. H. 2.412.

5 melting, languishing, languishing, longing

of the eyes, melting, languishing, ὑ. βλέμμα Anacreont. 15.21; ὑγρὰ δερκομένοισιν ἐν ὄμμασιν AP 7.27 (Antip. Sid.); ἐπʼ ὄμμασιν ὑγρὰ δεδορκώς APl. 16.306 (Leon.); τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὸ ὑ. ἅμα τῷ φαιδρῷ Luc. Im. 6; also πόθος ὑ. a languishing, longing desire, h.Pan. 33. Adv., ὑγρῶς βλέπειν Philostr. Ep. 33: Sup., ὑγρότατα καὶ πένθιμα μελῳδεῖν App. BC 1.106.

6 smoothly flowing

of language, smoothly flowing, D.H. Dem. 20.

7 facile, pliant, easy, easy temper, pleasure-loving, prone

metaph. of persons or their tempers, facile, pliant, easy, ὑγρός τις καὶ δημοτικός Plu. Mar. 28; κόλαξ ὑγρὸς ὢν μεταβάλλεσθαι Id. Adul. 2.51c; τὸ Κίμωνος ὑ. his easy temper, Id. Per. 5; pleasure-loving, Hsch.; ὑγρότατος ἐς ταῦτα prone to . . , App. BC 5.8; ὑ. τῷ γελοίῳ Plu. Brut. 29 (Comp.).

b soft, dainty, luxurious, voluptuous

soft, dainty, luxurious, voluptuous, Id. Amat. 2.751a; ὑ. πρὸς τὴν δίαιταν Id. Sol. 3; βίου . . , ὃν πάντες εἰώθασιν ὀνομάζειν ὑγρόν Alex. 203; cf. ὑγρότης II.2.

8 sometimes long and sometimes short

of the vowels α ι υ, sometimes long and sometimes short, S.E. M. 1.100.

b liquid

of στοιχεῖα, liquid (viz. λ μ ν ρ), D.T. 632.9, Heph. 1.3, al.

III more freely

Adv. ὑγρῶς, v. supr. II.1 and 5; also ὑγρότερον δαπανᾶν spend more freely, Phld. Oec. p.73J.

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