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.