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ὕδωρ [υ^, v. fin.], τό, gen. ὕδατος: an Ep. dat. ὕδει in Hes.Op.61, Thgn.961; later nom.
A.ὕδοςCall.Fr.475; Boeot. οὕδωρ prob. in IG7.3169 (Orchom.):—water, of any kind, but in Hom. rarely of seawater without an epith., “ἄνεμός τε καὶ .Od.3.300, 7.277; but “ἁλμυρὸν .9.227, al., cf. Th.4.26; of rivers, . Αἰσήποιο, Στυγός, Il.2.825, 8.369, al.; so in Lyr. and Trag., “, ἈσώπιονPi.N. 3.3; “. τὸ ΝείλουA.Supp.561 (lyr.): freq. in pl. (but only once in Hom., ὕδατ᾽ἀενάονταOd.13.109), Καφίσια ὕδατα the waters of Cephisus, Pi.O.14.1; “ῥυτῶν ὑδάτωνS.OC1599; “ὕδασιν τοίς ἈχελῴουId.Fr.271 (anap.): spring-water, drinking-water,οἶνον ἔμισγον καὶ .Od.1.110; “ἀφυσσάμεθ᾽ ὕδωρ9.85; “ὕδατα καὶ . . δῖτοιPl.R.404a; “πότιμον .X.HG3.2.19; . πίνων a water-drinker, D.6.30, cf. 19.46, Ar.Eq.349; “. δὲ πίνων οὐδὲν ἂν τέκοι σοφόνCratin.199, cf. Aristopho 10.3, Bato 2.9, al.: ὕδωρ κατὰ χειρός water for washing the hands, v. χείρ; φέρτε χερσὶν . Il.9.171; “. ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν3.270, Od.1.146, al.; “λοέσσας ὕδατι λευκῷIl.23.282:—on γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν and διδόναι, 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 . γράφωS.Fr.811, cf. Men.Mon.25; “ἐν ὕδατι γράφεινPl.Phdr.276c; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if water chokes, what more can be done ? of a desperate case, Arist.EN1146a35, cf. “ἐπιρροφέω1.
4. in the law-courts, τὸ ὕδωρ was the water of the water-clock (κλεψύδρ), and hence the time it took in running out,ἂν ἐγχωρῇ τὸ ὕδωρD.44.45; “οὐχ ἱκανόν μοι τὸὕ.Id.45.47; ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ., ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμοῦ ., in the time allowed me, Id.18.139, 57.61; οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς ταὐτὸ . εἰπεῖν one cannot say (all) in one speech, Id.27.12; “τὸ . ἀναλῶσαιDin.2.6; “πρὸς . σμικρὸν διδάζαιPl.Tht.201b; “ἐν μικρῷ μέρει τοῦ παντὸς .D.29.9; ἐπίλαβε τὸ . stop the water (which was done while the speech was interrupted by the calling of evidence and reading of documents), Id.45.8; “ἐγχεῖται τὸ μὲν πρῶτον . τῷ κατηγόρῳ . . , τὸ δὲ δεύτερον . τῷ φεύγοντιAeschin.3.197; ἀποδιδόναι, παραδιδόναι τινὶ τὸ ., to give him the turn of speaking, Id.1.162, Din.1.114.
5. generally, liquid,ὕδατος εἴδη τὰ τοιάδε: οἶνος, οὖρον, ὀρόςArist.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 of places with hot or mineral waters, . Σέζτια, Lat. Aquae Sextiae, . Νεαπολιτανά, etc., Ptol.Geog.2.10.8, 3.3.7, etc. [υ^ by nature, “ὕ^δωρIl. 18.347, al. (usu. with ὕ^ when not at end of line), “ὕ^δατος16.229, al., “ὕ^δατιOd.12.363, al., “ὕ^δατ᾽13.109, and so always in Att. (exc. sts. in dactylic verse, Ar.Ra.1339); Hom. freq. has ὕ_δωρ (always at end of line exc. in phrase “Στυγὸς ὕδωρIl.15.37), also “ὕ_δατοςIl. 21.300,312, Od.5.475, “ὕ_δατιIl.23.282, Od.22.439; later Ep. admits ὕ_δωρ more freely, A.R.4.601, so that we find υ_ in 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', OE. woeter, O Norse vatn; I.-E. u(e)d- with suffix r alternating with n (ὕδ--τος): cogn. with Skt. u-ná-t-ti (root ud-), 3pl. u-n-d-ánti 'moisten', cf. Lat. unda.
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