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ὑδροπότης
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ὑδροφορέω
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ὑδροχόος
ὑδρόχυτος
ὑδρωπικός
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ὕδωρ
ὕειος
Ὑέλη
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ὕδωρ
ὕδωρ Epic also ὕδει as if from ὕδος water, of any kind, but in Hom. rarely of sea-water (which he calls ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωρ) ;— also in pl., ὕδατʼ αἰενάοντα Od.; ὕδατα Καφίσια the waters of Cephisos, Pind.:— ὕδωρ κατὰ χειρός water for washing the hands, Ar.; ὕ. ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν Hom.—Proverbs., γράφειν τι εἰς ὕδωρ of anything untrustworthy, Soph.; ἐν ὕδατι γρ. Plat.; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if water chokes, what more can be done? of a desperate case, Arist. rain-water, rain, Il., Hdt., Attic;—more definitely, ὕδωρ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ Thuc., etc.; Ζεὺς ὕδωρ ὕει, ὁ θεὸς ὕδωρ ποιεῖ Ar. for the phrase ἐν ὕδατι βρέχεσθαι, Hdt., v. βρέχω. in Attic law-phrase, τὸ ὕδωρ was the water of the water-clock (κλεψύδρα) , Dem.; ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕδατι, ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὕδατος in the time allowed me, Dem.; οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς τὸ αὐτὸ ὕ. εἰπεῖν one cannot say (all) in one speech, Dem.; ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕ. stop the water (which was done while the speech was interrupted by the calling of evidence and reading of documents), Dem.; ἀποδιδόναι τινὶ τὸ ὕ. to give him the turn of speaking, Aeschin.

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water

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Headword:
ὕδωρ
Headword (normalized):
ὕδωρ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
υδωρ
IDX:
33390
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n33429
Key:
u(/dwr

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