hydrus

See also: Hydrus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hydros

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρος (húdros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhy.drus/, [ˈhʏd̪rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.drus/, [ˈiːd̪rus]

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

Related terms

• hydra
• Hydra

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]