ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
Full diacritics: ὕδνης | Medium diacritics: ὕδνης | Low diacritics: ύδνης | Capitals: ΥΔΝΗΣ |
Transliteration A: hýdnēs | Transliteration B: hydnēs | Transliteration C: ydnis | Beta Code: u(/dnhs |
A = εἰδώς, ἔμπειρος (cf. ὕδης), Hsch. II ὕδναι, = ἔγγονοι, σύντροφοι, Id. (perh. as root of Ἁλοσ-ύδνη, Ὑδατοσ-ύδνη).
ὕδνης: -ου, ὁ, = εἰδώς, ἔμπειρος (πρβλ. ὕδης), Ἡσύχ. ΙΙ. = ἔγγονος, σύντροφος, παρὰ τῷ αὐτῷ (ἴσως ὡς ῥίζα τοῦ Ἁλοσύδνη, Ὑδατοσύδνη).