water,
ὕδωρ[ῠ,v.fin.],τό, gen.ὕδατος: an Ep. dat.ὕδειin Hes. Op. 61 , Thgn. 961 ; later nom.
A.
ὕδος
Call. Fr. 475
; Boeot.
οὕδωρprob. in IG 7.3169 (Orchom.):—water,of any kind, but in Hom. rarely of seawater without an epith., ἄνεμός τε καὶ ὕ.
Od. 3.300
, 7.277 ; but ἁλμυρὸν ὕ.
9.227
, al., cf. Th. 4.26 ; of rivers,ὕ. Αἰσήποιο, Στυγός,
Il. 2.825 , 8.369 , al.; so in Lyr. and Trag., ὕ, Ἀσώπιον
Pi. N. 3.3
; ὕ. τὸ Νείλου
A. Supp. 561
(lyr.): freq. in pl. (but only once in Hom. ,ὕδατ'
ἀενάοντα
Od. 13.109
),Καφίσια ὕδατα the watersof Cephisus, Pi. O. 14.1 ; ῥυτῶν ὑδάτων
S. OC 1599
; ὕδασιν τοίς Ἀχελῴου
Id. Fr. 271
(anap.):spring-water, drinking-water,
οἶνον ἔμισγον καὶ ὕ.
Od. 1.110
; ἀφυσσάμεθ' ὕδωρ
9.85
; ὕδατα καὶ . . δῖτοι
Pl. R. 404a
; πότιμον ὕ.
X. HG 3.2.19
;ὕ. πίνων a water-drinker, D. 6.30 , cf. 19.46 , Ar. Eq. 349 ; ὕ. δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόν
Cratin. 199
, cf. Aristopho 10.3 , Bato 2.9 , al.:ὕδωρ κατὰ χειρός waterfor washing the hands, v. χείρ; φέρτε χερσὶν ὕ.
Il. 9.171 ; ὕ. ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν
3.270
, Od. 1.146 , al.; λοέσσας ὕδατι λευκῷ
Il. 23.282
:—onγῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖνandδιδόναι,
v. γῆ
1.2b :—a curse was invoked upon those who refused fire (i.e. the right to borrow burning embers) or water or to direct a traveller on his way, Diph. 62 , cf. X. Oec. 2.15 :—prov., ὅρκους ἐγὼ γυναικὸς εἰς ὕ. γράφω
S. Fr. 811
, cf. Men. Mon. 25 ; ἐν ὕδατι γράφειν
Pl. Phdr. 276c
;ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν;ifwaterchokes, what more can be done ? of a desperate case, Arist. EN 1146a35 , cf. ἐπιρροφέω
1
.
2. rain-water, rain,
ὅτε λαβρότατον χέει ὕ. Ζεύς
Il. 16.385
; ὗσαι ὕδατι λαβροτάτῳ
Hdt. 1.87
; ἐγίνετο ὕ. ἄπλετον
Id. 8.12
; πολύ
Th. 6.70
, D. 59.99 ; ὕ. ἐπιγενόμενον πολύ
X. HG 1.6.28
; τὸ ὕ. τὸ γενόμενον τῆς νυκτός
Th. 2.5
, cf. Hdt. 8.13 : more definitely, ὕδωρ ἐζ οὐρανοῦ
X. An. 4.2.2
, Aristid. Or. 50(26).35 (butἐζ οὐρανοῦis a gloss in Th. 2.77 ): pl., ὕ. ὄμβρια
Pi. O. 11(10).2
;τὰ Διὸς,or παρὰ τοῦ Δ., ὕ.
Pl. Lg. 761a
, 761b ; τὸ ἐκ Διὸς ὕ.
Thphr. HP 2.6.5
;καινὸν ἀεὶ τὸν Δία ὕειν ὕδωρ, ὕδωρ τὸν θεὸν ποιῆσαι,
Ar. Nu. 1280 , V. 261 (lyr.), cf. Thphr. Char. 3.4 : abs., ἐὰν πλείω ποιῇ ὕ.
Id. CP 1.19.3
:κεραύνια ὕ.thunder-showers,
Plu. 2.664f ; ὕ. πολλά, συνεχέα μαλθακῶς
Hp. Epid. 1.1
.
3. forἐν ὕδατι βρέχεσθαι,
Hdt. 3.104 , v. βρέχω.
4. in the law-courts,τὸ ὕδωρwasthe water of the water-clock(κλεψύδρ), and hencethe time it took in running out,
ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρ
D. 44.45
; οὐχ ἱκανόν μοι τὸὕ.
Id. 45.47
;ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕ., ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ὕ.,in the time allowed me, Id. 18.139 , 57.61 ;οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς ταὐτὸ ὕ. εἰπεῖνone cannot say (all) in one speech, Id. 27.12 ; τὸ ὕ. ἀναλῶσαι
Din. 2.6
; πρὸς ὕ. σμικρὸν διδάζαι
Pl. Tht. 201b
; ἐν μικρῷ μέρει τοῦ παντὸς ὕ.
D. 29.9
;ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕ.stop thewater(which was done while the speech was interrupted by the calling of evidence and reading of documents), Id. 45.8 ; ἐγχεῖται τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ὕ. τῷ κατηγόρῳ . . , τὸ δὲ δεύτερον ὕ. τῷ φεύγοντι
Aeschin. 3.197
;ἀποδιδόναι, παραδιδόναι τινὶ τὸ ὕ.,to give him the turn of speaking, Id. 1.162 , Din. 1.114 .
5. generally,liquid,
ὕδατος εἴδη τὰ τοιάδε: οἶνος, οὖρον, ὀρός
Arist. Mete. 382b13
, cf. Hp. Cord. 12 .
II. part of the constellation Aquarius, Arat. 399 .
2. a name for the winter solstice, Paul.Al. A. 4 .
III. Ὕδατα,τά,as the name ofplaces with hotormineral waters, Ὕ. Σέζτια,Lat.Aquae Sextiae, Ὕ. Νεαπολιτανά,etc., Ptol. Geog. 2.10.8 , 3.3.7 , etc. [ῠby nature, ὕ̆δωρ
Il. 18.347
, al. (usu. withὕ̆when not at end of line), ὕ̆δατος
16.229
, al., ὕ̆δατι
Od. 12.363
, al., ὕ̆δατ'
13.109
, and so always in Att. (exc. sts. in dactylic verse, Ar. Ra. 1339 ); Hom. freq. hasὕ̄δωρ(always at end of line exc. in phrase Στυγὸς ὕδωρ
Il. 15.37
), also ὕ̄δατος
Il. 21.300
, 312 , Od. 5.475 , ὕ̄δατι
Il. 23.282
, Od. 22.439 ; later Ep. admitsὕ̄δωρmore freely, A.R. 4.601 , so that we findῡin the second half of the foot in h.Cer. 381 , Batr. 97 , A.R. 4.290 , etc.; also in Alc. Supp. 11.8 .] (Cf. Skt.udán-,gen.udn-ás'water', O E.
woeter,O Norsevatn;I.- E.
u(e)d-with suffixralternating withn(ὕδ-ṇ-τος): cogn. with Skt.u-ná-t-ti(rootud-),3 pl. u-n-d-ánti'moisten', cf. Lat.unda.)
