hydraulus

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

hydraulus

1. Synonym of water organ

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδραυλος (húdraulos, “water organ”), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + αὐλός (aulós, “flute”: “pipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hyˈdrau̯.lus/, [hʏˈd̪räu̯ɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈdrau̯.lus/, [iˈd̪räːu̯lus]

Noun

hydraulus m (genitive hydraulī); second declension

1. (music) water organ

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hydraulus	hydraulī
Genitive	hydraulī	hydraulōrum
Dative	hydraulō	hydraulīs
Accusative	hydraulum	hydraulōs
Ablative	hydraulō	hydraulīs
Vocative	hydraule	hydraulī

Derived terms

• hydraulārius

References

• “hydraulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hydraulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hydraulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “hydraulus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “hydraulus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin