hydrus

hydrus

See also: Hydrus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρος (húdros).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    hydrus m (genitive hydrī); second declension

    1. A water-snake
    2. A serpent in the hair of Medusa

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative hydrus hydrī
    genitive hydrī hydrōrum
    dative hydrō hydrīs
    accusative hydrum hydrōs
    ablative hydrō hydrīs
    vocative hydre hydrī

    Descendants

    • English: Hydrus

    References

    • hydrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • hydrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • hydrus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • hydrus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia[1]