ἔνυδρις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἐνυδρίς (enudrís)
Etymology
From ἐν- (en-, “in”) + ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ις (-is). Compare also Proto-Germanic *utraz, Latin lutra, Proto-Slavic *vydra and Sanskrit उद्र (udra).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.ny.dris/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.ny.dris/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ny.ðris/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ny.ðris/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.ni.ðris/
Noun
ἔνῠδρῐς • (énudris) f (genitive ἐνῠ́δρῐος); third declension
- otter (Lutra lutra)
- grass snake (Natrix natrix)
Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἔνῠδρῐς; τῆς ἐνῠ́δρῐος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἔνῠδρῐς hē énudris | τὼ ἐνῠ́δρῐε tṑ enúdrie | αἱ ἐνῠ́δρῐες hai enúdries | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐνῠ́δρῐος tês enúdrios | τοῖν ἐνῠδρῐ́οιν toîn enudríoin | τῶν ἐνῠδρῐ́ων tôn enudríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐνῠ́δρῑ têi enúdrī | τοῖν ἐνῠδρῐ́οιν toîn enudríoin | ταῖς ἐνῠ́δρῐσῐ / ἐνῠ́δρῐσῐν taîs enúdrisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἔνῠδρῐν tḕn énudrin | τὼ ἐνῠ́δρῐε tṑ enúdrie | τᾱ̀ς ἐνῠ́δρῑς / ἐνῠ́δρῐᾰς tā̀s enúdrīs / enúdrias | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔνῠδρῐ énudri | ἐνῠ́δρῐε enúdrie | ἐνῠ́δρῐες enúdries | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: enhydris
- → Translingual: Enhydris
Further reading
- “ἔνυδρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἔνυδρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἔνυδρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔνυδρις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)