hydraulus

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Etymology

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Latin

Noun

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hydraulus

  1. Synonym of water organ

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδραυλος (húdraulos, water organ), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, water) + αὐλός (aulós, flute”: “pipe).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hydraulus m (genitive hydraulī); second declension

  1. (music) water organ

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

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References

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  • hydraulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hydraulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hydraulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • hydraulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hydraulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin