hydria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδρία (hudría, water jar or water container).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaɪdɹeə/

Noun

hydria (plural hydrias or hydriae or hydriai)

  1. A three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and pour water..

Anagrams


Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhy.dri.a/, [ˈhʏ.dri.a]

Noun

hydria f (genitive hydriae); first declension

  1. jug, ewer, urn

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative hydria hydriae
Genitive hydriae hydriārum
Dative hydriae hydriīs
Accusative hydriam hydriās
Ablative hydriā hydriīs
Vocative hydria hydriae

References

  • hydria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • hydria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hydria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • hydria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • hydria in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • hydria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • hydria in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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