ὕδωρ

ὕδωρ [ῠ, v. fin.], τό, gen. ὕδατος: an [dialect] Ep. dat. ὕδει in Hes.Op.61, Thgn.961; later nom.

A

ὕδος Call.Fr.475

; [dialect] Boeot. [full] οὕδωρ prob. in IG7.3169 (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 waters of Cephisus, Pi.O.14.1;

ῥυτῶν ὑδάτων S.OC1599

;

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.HG3.2.19

; 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 water for 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

:—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 ὕ. γράφω S.Fr.811

, cf. Men.Mon.25;

ἐν ὕδατι γράφειν Pl.Phdr.276c

; ὅταν τὸ ὕδωρ πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if water chokes, what more can be done ? of a desperate case, Arist.EN1146a35, 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.HG1.6.28

;

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 (but ἐζ οὐρανοῦ is 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.HP2.6.5

; 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.CP1.19.3

: κεραύνια ὕ. thunder-showers, Plu.2.664f;

ὕ. πολλά, συνεχέα μαλθακῶς Hp.Epid.1.1

.

3 for ἐν ὕδατι βρέχεσθαι, Hdt.3.104, v. βρέχω.

4 in the law-courts, τὸ ὕδωρ was the water of the water-clock ([etym.] κλεψύδρ), and hence the 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. εἰπεῖν one 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 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 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 of places with hot or mineral waters, Ὕ. Σέζτια, Lat. Aquae Sextiae, Ὕ. Νεαπολιτανά, etc., Ptol.Geog.2.10.8, 3.3.7, etc. [[pron. full] ῠ by nature,

ὕ?ὕδωρXδωρ Il. 18.347

, al. (usu. with ὕ?ὕδωρX when not at end of line),

ὕ?ὕδωρXδατος 16.229

, al.,

ὕ?ὕδωρXδατι Od.12.363

, al.,

ὕ?ὕδωρXδατ' 13.109

, and so always in [dialect] Att. (exc. sts. in dactylic verse, Ar.Ra.1339); Hom. freq. has ὕ ¯ δωρ (always at end of line exc. in phrase

Στυγὸς ὕδωρ Il.15.37

), also

ὕ ¯ δατος Il. 21.300

,312, Od.5.475,

ὕ ¯ δατι Il.23.282

, Od.22.439; later [dialect] Ep. admits ὕ ¯ δωρ more freely, A.R.4.601, so that we find [pron. full] ῡ 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-ṇ-τος): cogn. with Skt. u-ná-t-ti (root ud-), [ per.] 3pl. u-n-d-ánti 'moisten', cf. Lat. unda.)