hydria

hydria

English

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδρία (hudría, water jar or water container).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪdɹeə/

    Noun

    hydria (plural hydrias or hydriae or hydriai)

    1. A three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and pour water.

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    hydria f (genitive hydriae); first declension

    1. jug, ewer, urn

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative hydria hydriae
    genitive hydriae hydriārum
    dative hydriae hydriīs
    accusative hydriam hydriās
    ablative hydriā hydriīs
    vocative hydria hydriae

    References

    • hydria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • hydria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "hydria", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • hydria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • hydria”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
    • hydria”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • hydria”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin