Ὑδροῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) +‎ -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hy.drûːs/ → /yˈðrus/ → /iˈðrus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hy.drûːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)yˈdrus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /yˈðrus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /yˈðrus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈðrus/

Proper noun

Ὑδροῦς • (Hudroûs) m (genitive Ὑδροῦντος); third declension

1. Hydruntum, Otranto (a city in southeastern Italy)
   • Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, 14.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ὑδροῦς; τοῦ Ὑδροῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ὑδροῦς ho Hudroûs
Genitive	τοῦ Ὑδροῦντος toû Hudroûntos
Dative	τῷ Ὑδροῦντῐ tôi Hudroûnti
Accusative	τὸν Ὑδροῦντᾰ tòn Hudroûnta
Vocative	Ὑδροῦν Hudroûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Hydruntum, Hydrus
  • English: Hydruntum