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ὑγρό-της

ugrotes · ἡ

wetness, moisture

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Where it lives

  • Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
  • De longitudine et brevitate vitae 1 · 5.68/10k
  • De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
  • De Sensu et Sensibilibus 3 · 3.84/10k
  • De Somno et Vigilia 1 · 3.36/10k
  • Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
  • Philebus 1 · 0.57/10k
  • Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
  • Metaphysics 2 · 0.25/10k
  • Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
  • Enneads 3 · 0.14/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

wetness, moisture, fluidity, a fluid, dampness

wetness, moisture, either in abstract or concrete sense, fluidity or a fluid, Hp. VM 22, Aph. 3.24, Pl. Phlb. 32a, Arist. PA 653a33; ὑ. τῆς χειρός dampness (from sweat), Plu. Cat.Ma. 20: pl., Arist. GA 760b4, Mete. 352b13.

II pliancy, suppleness

pliancy, suppleness, ἡ ἐκ τῶν ἄρθρων ὑ. Hp. Art. 8, cf. X. An. 5.8.15; τοῦ σώματος, of serpents, Arist. GA 718a30; of bears, Id. HA 594b6; τῆς χειρός Plu. Adul. 2.67e.

b flickering motion, lambency

of a flame, flickering motion, lambency, E. Ph. 1256.

2 ductility, the quality of being easily moved, a voluptuous course

metaph. of persons, ductility of disposition, the quality of being easily moved, ὑ. τοῦ ἤθους Lycurg. 33, Arist. VV 1250b32; ἕξεως Plu. QConv. 2.680d; but ὑ. βίου a voluptuous course of life, Crobyl. 4; cf. ὑγρός II.7.

3 fluency

fluency, prob. for γυρ- in Phld. Po.Herc. 1677 Fr. 21 (of Homer).

In the wild

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Where it came from

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