hydrus

See also: Hydrus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρος (húdros).

Pronunciation

Noun

hydrus m (genitive hydrī); second declension

  1. A water-snake
  2. A serpent in the hair of Medusa

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative hydrus hydrī
genitive hydrī hydrōrum
dative hydrō hydrīs
accusative hydrum hydrōs
ablative hydrō hydrīs
vocative hydre hydrī

Descendants

  • English: Hydrus

References

  • hydrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hydrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hydrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • hydrus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]