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Hydra

See also: hydra, hydrą, and Hydrą

TranslingualEdit

 
Hydra viridissima

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent.

Proper nounEdit

Hydra f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hydridae – predatory freshwater cnidarians, thought not to age, the hydras.

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EnglishEdit

 
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A Greek vase depicting the Lernaean Hydra

EtymologyEdit

From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent, originally from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈhaɪ̯dɹə/, [ˈhaɪ̯dɹə], [ˈhaɪ̯d͡ʒɹə]

Proper nounEdit

Hydra

  1. (Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.
  2. (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.
  3. (astronomy) One of Pluto's moons.
  4. One of the Saronic Islands in the Aegean Sea.

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CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

From hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

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NounEdit

Hydra f

  1. (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.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.
  4. (geography) 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 […]

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Hydra
singulare tantum
nominative Hydra
genitive Hydry
dative Hydře
accusative Hydru
vocative Hydro
locative Hydře
instrumental Hydrou

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GermanEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈhyːdʁa/
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Proper nounEdit

Hydra f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythical serpent)

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Hydra f sg (genitive Hydrae); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) The Hydra (mythical serpent)

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hydra
Genitive Hydrae
Dative Hydrae
Accusative Hydram
Ablative Hydrā
Vocative Hydra

DescendantsEdit

  • English: Hydra, hydra
  • French: hydre
  • German: Hydra
  • Italian: idra
  • Portuguese: hidra
  • Spanish: hidra

ReferencesEdit

  • “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

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra), from Proto-Indo-European *udréh₂, the feminine form of *udrós, from the root *wed-. Doublet of nutria (“coypu”) and wydra (“otter”).

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Proper nounEdit

Hydra f

  1. (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythical serpent)
  2. (astronomy) Hydra (constellation)

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Hydra
singular
nominative Hydra
genitive Hydry
dative Hydrze
accusative Hydrę
instrumental Hydrą
locative Hydrze
vocative Hydro

Further readingEdit

  • Hydra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Hydra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈidɾa/ [ˈi.ð̞ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -idɾa
  • Syllabification: Hy‧dra

Proper nounEdit

Hydra f

  1. (astronomy) Hydra (constellation)
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