ὑδροχόος
Δυσαμένη δὲ κάρηνα βαθυκνήμιδος ἐρίπνης / Δελφικὸν ἄντρον ἔναιε φόβῳ λυσσώδεος Ἰνοῦς (Nonnus, Dionysiaca 9.273f.) → Having descended from the top of a deep-greaved cliff, she dwelt in a cave in Delphi, because of her fear of raving/raging Ino.
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (χέω)
A water-pourer, name of the constellation Aquarius, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.20, Placit.1.6.6, Euc.Phaen.p.12 M., cf. AP12.199 (Strat.); contr. ὑδρο-χοῦς, Supp.Epigr.7.363.5, al. (Dura-Europus, ii A. D.):—dat. ὑδροχοῆϊ (as if from ὑδροχοεύς), Ep. for the common ὑδροχόῳ, Arat. 389, Nonn.D.23.315. II name of an Egyptian month, = Φαρμοῦθι, POxy.465.11 (ii A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1174] 1) Wasser gießend, ergießend, Sp. – 2) ὁ ὑδροχόος, der Wassermann, als Gestirn; Strat. 41 (XII, 199); Maneth. 2, 95; S. Emp. adv. astrol. 2.
