A). ὕδος Call. Fr. 475 ; Boeot. οὕδωρ prob. in IG 7.3169 (Orchom.):—water, of any kind, but in Hom. rarely of seawater without an epith., ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕ. Od. 3.300 , 7.277 ; but ἁλμυρὸν ὕ. 9.227 , al., cf. Th. 4.26 ; of rivers, ὕ. Αἰσήποιο, Στυγός, Il. 2.825 , 8.369 , al.; so in Lyr. and Trag., ὕ, Ἀσώπιον Pi. N. 3.3 ; ὕ. τὸ Νείλου A. Supp. 561 (lyr.): freq. in pl. (but only once in Hom., ὕδατ’ ἀενάοντα Od. 13.109 ), Καφίσια ὕδατα the waters of Cephisus, Pi. O. 14.1 ; ῥυτῶν ὑδάτων S. OC 1599 ; ὕδασιν τοίς Ἀχελῴου Id. Fr. 271 (anap.): spring-water, drinking-water, οἶνον ἔμισγον καὶ ὕ. Od. 1.110 ; ἀφυσσάμεθ’ ὕδωρ 9.85 ; ὕδατα καὶ .. δῖτοι Pl. R. 404a ; πότιμον ὕ. X. HG 3.2.19 ; ὕ. πίνων a water-drinker, D. 6.30 , cf. 19.46 , Ar. Eq. 349 ; ὕ. δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν Cratin. 199 , cf. Aristopho 10.3 , Bato 2.9 , al.: ὕδωρ κατὰ χειρός water for washing the hands, v. χείρ; φέρτε χερσὶν ὕ. Il. 9.171 ; ὕ. ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν 3.270 , Od. 1.146 , al.; λοέσσας ὕδατι λευκῷ Il. 23.282 :—on γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν and διδόναι, v. γῆ 1.2b :—a curse was invoked upon those who refused fire (i.e. the right to borrow burning embers) or water or to direct a traveller on his way, Diph. 62 , cf. X. Oec. 2.15 :—prov., ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕ. γράφω S. Fr. 811 , cf. Men. Mon. 25 ; ἐν ὕδατι γράφειν Pl. Phdr. 276c ; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if water chokes, what more can be done ? of a desperate case, Arist. EN 1146a35 , cf. ἐπιρροφέω 1 .

2). rain-water, rain, ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕ. Ζεύς Il. 16.385 ; ὗσαι ὕδατι λαβροτάτῳ Hdt. 1.87 ; ἐγίνετο ὕ. ἄπλετον Id. 8.12 ; πολύ Th. 6.70 , D. 59.99 ; ὕ. ἐπιγενόμενον πολύ X. HG 1.6.28 ; τὸ ὕ. τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτός Th. 2.5 , cf. Hdt. 8.13 : more definitely, ὕδωρ ἐζ οὐρανοῦ X. An. 4.2.2 , Aristid. Or. 50(26).35 (but ἐζ οὐρανοῦ is a gloss in Th. 2.77 ): pl., ὕ. ὄμβρια Pi. O. 11(10).2 ; τὰ Διὸς, or παρὰ τοῦ Δ., ὕ. Pl. Lg. 761a , 761b ; τὸ ἐκ Διὸς ὕ. Thphr. HP 2.6.5 ; καινὸν ἀεὶ τὸν Δία ὕειν ὕδωρ, ὕδωρ τὸν θεὸν ποιῆσαι, Ar. Nu. 1280 , V. 261 (lyr.), cf. Thphr. Char. 3.4 : abs., ἐὰν πλείω ποιῇ ὕ. Id. CP 1.19.3 : κεραύνια ὕ. thunder-showers, Plu. 2.664f ; ὕ. πολλά, συνεχέα μαλθακῶς Hp. Epid. 1.1 .

3). for ἐν ὕδατι βρέχεσθαι, Hdt. 3.104 , v. βρέχω.

4). in the law-courts, τὸ ὕδωρ was the water of the water-clock (κλεψύδρ), and hence the time it took in running out, ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ D. 44.45 ; οὐχ ἱκανόν μοι τὸὕ. Id. 45.47 ; ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕ., ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὕ., in the time allowed me, Id. 18.139 , 57.61 ; οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς ταὐτὸ ὕ. εἰπεῖν one cannot say (all) in one speech, Id. 27.12 ; τὸ ὕ. ἀναλῶσαι Din. 2.6 ; πρὸς ὕ. σμικρὸν διδάζαι Pl. Tht. 201b ; ἐν μικρῷ μέρει τοῦ παντὸς ὕ. D. 29.9 ; ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕ. stop the water (which was done while the speech was interrupted by the calling of evidence and reading of documents), Id. 45.8 ; ἐγχεῖται τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὕ. τῷ κατηγόρῳ .. , τὸ δὲ δεύτερον ὕ. τῷ φεύγοντι Aeschin. 3.197 ; ἀποδιδόναι, παραδιδόναι τινὶ τὸ ὕ., to give him the turn of speaking, Id. 1.162 , Din. 1.114 .

5). generally, liquid, ὕδατος εἴδη τὰ τοιάδε· οἶνος, οὖρον, ὀρός Arist. Mete. 382b13 , cf. Hp. Cord. 12 .

II). part of the constellation Aquarius, Arat. 399 .

2). a name for the winter solstice, Paul.Al. A. 4 .

III). Ὕδατα, as the name of places with hot or mineral waters, Ὕ. Σέζτια, Lat. Aquae Sextiae, Ὕ. Νεαπολιτανά, etc., Ptol. Geog. 2.10.8 , 3.3.7 , etc.[ῠ by nature, ὕ&δωρ Il. 18.347 , al. (usu. with ὕ& when not at end of line), ὕ&δατος 16.229 , al., ὕ&δατι Od. 12.363 , al., ὕ&δατ’ 13.109 , and so always in Att. (exc. sts. in dactylic verse, Ar. Ra. 1339 ); Hom. freq. has ὕ’δωρ (always at end of line exc. in phrase Στυγὸς ὕδωρ Il. 15.37 ), also ὕ’δατος Il. 21.300 , 312 , Od. 5.475 , ὕ’δατι Il. 23.282 , Od. 22.439 ; later Ep. admits ὕ’δωρ more freely, A.R. 4.601 , so that we find ῡ in the second half of the foot in h.Cer. 381 , Batr. 97 , A.R. 4.290 , etc.; also in Alc. Supp. 11.8 .] (Cf. Skt. udán-, gen. udn-ás 'water', O E. woeter, O Norse vatn; I.- E. u(e)d- with suffix r alternating with n (ὕδ-ṇ-τος): cogn. with Skt. u-ná-t-ti (root ud-), 3 pl. u-n-d-ánti 'moisten', cf. Lat. unda.)