ὑγρός .ὑγρός, ά, όν wet, moist, running, fluid, Hom., etc.; ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, i. e. olive-oil, as opp. to fat, Hom.; ὑγρὸν ὕδωρ running water, Od.; ἄνεμοι ὑγρὸν ἀέντες winds blowing moist or rainy, as opp. to dry, parching, Od. ἡ ὑγρά, Ionic ὑγρή, the moist, i. e. the sea, Hom.; so, ὑγρὰ κέλευθα the watery ways, i. e. the sea, Hom.; and ὑγρά alone, opp. to ἀπείρων γαῖα, Hom. τὸ ὑγρόν and τὰ ὑγρά wet, moisture, water, Hdt. μέτρα ὑγρὰ καὶ ξηρά liquid and dry measure, Plat. θῆρες ὑγροί water- animals, opp. to πεζοί, Anth. soft, pliant, supple, lithe, Lat. mollis, of the eagleʼs back, Pind.; of youthful limbs, Plat.; ὑγρὰ ἔχειν τὰ σκέλη, of a horse, Xen.; so of colts, γόνατα ὑγρῶς κάμπτειν, ὑγρῶς τοῖς σκέλεσι χρῆσθαι (cf. Virgilʼs mollia crura reponit), Xen.; so, ὑ. ἄκανθος ( Virg. mollis acanthus), Theocr. languid, feeble, of one dying, Soph., Eur. of the eyes, swimming, melting, languishing, ὄμμασιν ὑγρὰ δεδορκώς Anth., etc. metaph. of persons, facile, soft-tempered, pliant, easy, Plut.: luxurious, ὑ. πρὸς τὴν διαίταν Plut.