Hydra
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent.
Proper noun edit
Hydra f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hydridae – predatory freshwater cnidarians, thought not to age, the hydras.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum; Medusozoa - subphylum; Hydrozoa - class; Hydroida - order; Hydrida - suborder; Hydridae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Hydra magnipapillata, Hydra oligactis (brown hydra), Hydra viridissima (green hydra), Hydra vulgaris (freshwater hydra) - selected species; for other species see Hydra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Hydra (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hydra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hydra (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Hydra at World Register of Marine Species
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent, originally from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra), from Proto-Indo-European *údreh₂ (“aquatic”). Doublet of otter.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hydra
- (Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.
- (astronomy) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent. It lies just south of the zodiac and contains the star Alphard.
- 2021, A. K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches, Granta Books, page 232:
- At night I lie dry-eyed on my little bed and turn my head to and fro to catch sight of one little star by one little star along the tail of Hydra, and think you are alive, you survive. Is this not what you wanted?
- (astronomy) One of Pluto's moons.
- One of the Saronic Islands in the Aegean Sea.
- (geography) A commune in Algiers Province, Algeria.
Synonyms edit
- (mythology): Lernaean Hydra; Xiangliu, Xiangyao (Chinese equivalent)
- (astronomy, moon of Pluto): Pluto II, S/2005 P 1, S/2005 P 1 (Hydra), (134340) Pluto II, (134340) Pluto II Hydra, Pluto II (Hydra)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
mythical serpent
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constellation
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one of Pluto's moons
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Anagrams edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
From hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hydra f
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Hydra, a mythological serpent with seven heads
- 1996, Antonín Rükl, “Hydra”, in Souhvězdí, Praha: Aventinum, →ISBN, page 126:
- […] místo každé uťaté hlavy vyrostly Hydře dvě nové.
- […] instead of every cut-off head two new heads grew up to Hydra.
- (astronomy) Hydra, a spring constellation of the northern sky
- 1996, Antonín Rükl, “Hydra”, in Souhvězdí, Praha: Aventinum, →ISBN, page 126:
- Alfa Hydrae – Alphard, 2,0 mag, je nejjasnější hvězda v Hydře.
- Alpha Hydrae – Alphard, 2.0 mag, is the brightest star in the constellation of Hydra.
- (astronomy) Hydra, a moon of Pluto [since 2006]
- 2015 June 12, Petr Lála, “Historická událost: sonda New Horizons zblízka prozkoumá záhadné Pluto”, in Technet.cz[1]:
- Měsíce Hydra, Nix a Styx obíhají ve vzájemné rezonanci, protože za jeden oběh Hydry oběhne Nix právě jeden a půlkrát a Styx dokonce dvakrát.
- The moons Hydra, Nix and Styx orbit in mutual resonance, as Nix makes exactly one and half an orbit and Styx even two orbits during one orbit of Hydra.
- Hydra, one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Aegean Sea
- 1904, “Řecko”, in Ottův slovník naučný[2], volume XXI, Praha: J. Ottl, page 359:
- Poloostrov Argolský, k němuž přiléhá ostrov Hydra (Hydrea), omezuje záliv Nauplijský […]
- The Argolid Penninsula, which the island of Hydra (Hydrea) closely borders with, closes the Argolic Gulf […]
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Alternative forms edit
- hydra (serpent)
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Further reading edit
- Hydra in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Hydra (mytologie) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
- Hydra (souhvězdí) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
- Hydra (měsíc) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia cs
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
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Hydra
- Hydra (mythological serpent)
- (rare) Synonym of Vesikäärme (“constellation Hydra”).
- (astronomy) Hydra (one of Pluto's moons)
- Hydra (one of the Saronic Islands, its municipality and its central town)
Declension edit
Inflection of Hydra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Hydra | — | ||
genitive | Hydran | — | ||
partitive | Hydraa | — | ||
illative | Hydraan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Hydra | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Hydra | — | |
gen. | Hydran | |||
genitive | Hydran | — | ||
partitive | Hydraa | — | ||
inessive | Hydrassa | — | ||
elative | Hydrasta | — | ||
illative | Hydraan | — | ||
adessive | Hydralla | — | ||
ablative | Hydralta | — | ||
allative | Hydralle | — | ||
essive | Hydrana | — | ||
translative | Hydraksi | — | ||
abessive | Hydratta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German edit
Etymology edit
From Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hydra f
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhy.dra/, [ˈhʏd̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.dra/, [ˈiːd̪rä]
Proper noun edit
Hydra f sg (genitive Hydrae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Hydra |
Genitive | Hydrae |
Dative | Hydrae |
Accusative | Hydram |
Ablative | Hydrā |
Vocative | Hydra |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Hydra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hydra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Hydra.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hydra f
- (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours)
- (astronomy) Hydra (spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent)
Declension edit
Declension of Hydra
Further reading edit
- Hydra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hydra f
Turkish edit
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Hydra