ἔνυδρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐνυδρίς (enudrís)

Etymology

From ἐν- (en-, “in”) +‎ ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) +‎ -ις (-is). Compare also Proto-Germanic *utraz, Latin lutra, Proto-Slavic *vydra and Sanskrit उद्र (udra).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.ny.dris/ → /ˈe.ny.ðris/ → /ˈe.ni.ðris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.ny.dris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ny.dris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ny.ðris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ny.ðris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ni.ðris/

Noun

ἔνῠδρῐς • (énudris) f (genitive ἐνῠ́δρῐος); third declension

1. otter (Lutra lutra)
2. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἔνῠδρῐς; τῆς ἐνῠ́δρῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔνῠδρῐς hē énudris	τὼ ἐνῠ́δρῐε tṑ enúdrie	αἱ ἐνῠ́δρῐες hai enúdries
Genitive	τῆς ἐνῠ́δρῐος tês enúdrios	τοῖν ἐνῠδρῐ́οιν toîn enudríoin	τῶν ἐνῠδρῐ́ων tôn enudríōn
Dative	τῇ ἐνῠ́δρῑ têi enúdrī	τοῖν ἐνῠδρῐ́οιν toîn enudríoin	ταῖς ἐνῠ́δρῐσῐ / ἐνῠ́δρῐσῐν taîs enúdrisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔνῠδρῐν tḕn énudrin	τὼ ἐνῠ́δρῐε tṑ enúdrie	τᾱ̀ς ἐνῠ́δρῑς / ἐνῠ́δρῐᾰς tā̀s enúdrīs / enúdrias
Vocative	ἔνῠδρῐ énudri	ἐνῠ́δρῐε enúdrie	ἐνῠ́δρῐες enúdries
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: enhydris
• → Translingual: Enhydris

Further reading

• “ἔνυδρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔνυδρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔνυδρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔνυδρις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)