ὑγρός

ὑγρός, ά, όν: [comp] Comp.

A

ὑγρότερος Pl.Tht.162b

, etc.: [comp] Sup.

-ότατος X.Eq.7.7

, etc.:—wet, moist, fluid (opp. ξηρός) , ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, i. e. olive-oil, opp. fat or tallow, Il.23.281, Od.6.79; ὑ. πίσσα, νᾶπυ, raw pitch, liquid mustard, SIG1171.14 (Lebena, i B. C.), IG42(1).126.22 (Epid., ii A. D.); τὸ ὑ. ξύλον, opp. τὸ ξηρόν, Ev.Luc.23.31;

ὑγρὸν ὕδωρ Od.4.458

; ἄνεμοι ὑγρὸν ἀέντες winds blowing moist or rainy, 5.478, 19.440, Hes.Op.625, Th.869; ὑ. ἅλς, πέλαγος, θάλασσα, Pi.O. 7.69. P.4.40, A.Supp.259; ὑγρὰ νύξ a wet night, Pl.Criti.112a; ἐφ' ὑγροῖς ζωγραφεῖν paint on a wet ground, Plu.2.759c.

2 ὑγρά, [dialect] Ion. ὑγρή, ἡ, the moist, i.e. the sea,

ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρήν Il.14.308

;

ἠμὲν ἐφ' ὑγρὴν ἠδ' ἐπ' ἀπείρονα γαῖαν 24.341

, Od.1.97;

ἐφ' ὑγρᾷ Ar.V.678

;

πουλὺν ἐφ' ὑγρήν Il.10.27

; so ὑγρὰ κέλευθα the watery ways, i. e. the sea, 1.312, Od.3.71.

3 τὸ ὑ. and

τὰ ὑ.

wet, moisture,

Hdt. 1.142

, Hp.Loc.Hom.9, Liqu. tit.; Liquid, Hdt.4.172;

γῆ ὑγρῷ φυραθεῖσα Pl.Tht.147c

; ἐξερρύα συχνὸν ὑγρόν a quantity of fluid, IG42(1).122.4 (Epid., iv B. C.); μετρεῖν τὰ ὑγρά liquids, ib.22.1013.10;

ἐπὶ ὑγροῖς οὐκ ἐξὸν δανείζειν PGnom.232

(ii A. D.).

4 μέτρα ὑγρὰ καὶ ξηρά liquid and dry measure, Pl.Lg.746e.

5 θῆρες ὑ. water-animals, opp. πεζοί, AP9.18 (Germ.);

οἱ ὄρνιθες οἱ ὑ. Philostr. Im.1.9

; ὑ. ἀοιδός, of a frog, AP6.43 ([place name] Plato).

6 of the bowels or faeces, loose, Hp.Aph.2.20, Arist.HA617a1.

7 ὑ. σφυγμός a damp pulse, defined by Gal.19.405.

II soft, pliant, supple, of the eagle's back, Pi.P.1.9; of the limbs and body,

ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀγκάλαις E. Fr.941

, cf. Babr.34.7; ὑγρὸς τὸ εἶδος, of Ἔρως, Pl.Smp.196a; νεώτερος καὶ ὑγρότερος, opp. σκληρός, Id.Tht.162b;

χορῷ . . ἔτερπον κέαρ ὑγροῖσι ποσσί B.16.108

;

ὑ. ὀρχηστής Poll.4.96

, cf. Arist.PA655a24 ([comp] Comp.); ὑγρὰ ἔχειν τὰ σκέλη, of a horse, X.Eq.1.6; of a horse's neck, Id.Cyn.4.1 (so in Adv. of colts, γόνατα ὑγρῶς κάμπτειν, ὑγρῶς τοῖς σκέλεσι χρῆσθαι, Id.Eq.1.6, 10.15); of the hare, Id.Cyn.5.31; of the jackal,

ταχυτῆτι διαφέρει διὰ τὸ ὑγρὸς εἶναι καὶ πηδᾷ πόρρω Arist. HA580a30

; also of plants,

ὑ. ἄκανθος Theoc.1.55

;

ὑ. χολάδες Babr. 1.10

; σῶμα ὑγρὸν κείμενον lying in an easy position, Hp.Prog.3;

ὑγρὸν χύτλασον σεαυτόν Ar.V.1213

; κέρας ὑ., of a bow, Theoc.25.206.

2 languid, feeble, of one dying,

ἐς ὑγρὸν ἀγκῶνα . . παρθένῳ προσπτύσσεται S.Ant.1236

;

κἀπιθεὶς ὑγρὰν χέρα E.Ph.1439

.

3 of substance, flaccid, flabby,

σάρκες Arist.HA598a9

, 603b32, al.

b tender,

νεοττοί Ael.NA7.9

;

βρέφος Nonn.D.1.4

.

4 moist with wine, tipsy,

ὑγρὴν τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχειν Heraclit.117

;

ἡ διάνοια ὑ. γεγενημένη Plu. 2.713a

;

οἰνοβαρὴς . . ὑγρὸν ἀείδων, οὐ μάλα νγφάλιον κλάζων μέλος Opp. H.2.412

.

5 of the eyes, melting, languishing,

ὑ. βλέμμα Anacreont. 15.21

;

ὑγρὰ δερκομένοισιν ἐν ὄμμασιν AP7.27

(Antip. Sid.);

ἐπ' ὄμμασιν ὑγρὰ δεδορκώς APl.4.306

(Leon.);

τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὸ ὑ. ἅμα τῷ φαιδρῷ Luc.Im.6

; also πόθος ὑ. a languishing, longing desire, h.Pan.33. Adv.,

ὑγρῶς βλέπειν Philostr.Ep.33

: [comp] Sup.,

ὑγρότατα καὶ πένθιμα μελῳδεῖν App.BC1.106

.

6 of language, smoothly flowing, D.H.Dem. 20.

7 metaph. of persons or their tempers, facile, pliant, easy,

ὑγρός τις καὶ δημοτικός Plu.Mar.28

;

κόλαξ ὑγρὸς ὢν μεταβάλλεσθαι Id.2.51c

; τὸ Κίμωνος ὑ. his easy temper, Id.Per.5; pleasure-loving, Hsch.; ὑγρότατος ἐς ταῦτα prone to . . , App.BC5.8;

ὑ. τῷ γελοίῳ Plu. Brut.29

([comp] Comp.).

b soft, dainty, luxurious, voluptuous, Id.2.751a;

ὑ. πρὸς τὴν δίαιταν Id.Sol.3

;

βίου . . , ὃν πάντες εἰώθασιν ὀνομάζειν ὑγρόν Alex.203

; cf.

ὑγρότης 11.2

.

8 of the vowels α ι υ, sometimes long and sometimes short, S.E.M.1.100.

b of στοιχεῖα, liquid (viz. λ μ ν ρ), D.T.632.9, Heph.1.3, al.

III Adv. ὑγρῶς, v. supr. 11.1 and 5; also ὑγρότερον δαπανᾶν spend more freely, Phld. Oec.p.73J.