ὕδρα
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
Ion. ὕδρη, ἡ, (cf. ὕδωρ)
A water-serpent, but esp. of the Lernaean hydra, Hes.Th.313, S.Tr.574,836 (lyr.), 1094; Ὕδραν τέμνειν, prov. of labour in vain, because two heads sprang up for every one which was cut off, Pl.R.426e: pl., but still with reference to the Lernaean hydra, E.Heracl.950, Ph.[1136]: prov., ὕδρης ποικιλώτερος Herod.3.89 (ἐπὶ τῶν δολερῶν Diogenian.7.69). II name of a constellation, = ὕδρος 111, Arat.444, etc.
