hydrus

See also: Hydrus

Latin

Alternative forms

• hydros

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρος (húdros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈhy.drus/, [ˈhʏd̪rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.drus/, [ˈiːd̪rus]

Noun

hydrus m (genitive hydrī); second declension

1. A water-snake
2. A serpent in the hair of Medusa

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hydrus	hydrī
Genitive	hydrī	hydrōrum
Dative	hydrō	hydrīs
Accusative	hydrum	hydrōs
Ablative	hydrō	hydrīs
Vocative	hydre	hydrī

Related terms

• hydra
• Hydra

Descendants

• English: Hydrus

References

• “hydrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hydrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hydrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “hydrus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]