ἔνυδρος
οὐ δικαίως θάνατον ἔχθουσιν βροτοί, ὅσπερ μέγιστον ῥῦμα τῶν πολλῶν κακῶν → unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills | men are not right in hating death, which is the greatest succour from our many ills
English (LSJ)
ον, (ὕδωρ)
A with water in it, holding water, ἔ. τεῦχος, i.e. a bath, A.Ag.1128 (lyr.); of countries, well-watered, Ἄργος ἔ. Hes. Fr.24; Αἴγυπτος ἐοῦσα . . ὑπτίη τε καὶ ἔ. Hdt.2.7 (ἄνυδρος codd.), cf. X.Cyr.3.2.11; opp. χερσαῖος, PMasp.188.5 (vi A.D.); τὸ ἔ. abundance of water, Hdn.6.6.4. 2 of water, watery, νάματα, λίμνη, E.Ph.659 (lyr.), Ion872 (anap.). 3 living in or by water, νύμφαι ἔ. λειμωνιάδες who haunt the watery meads, S.Ph.1454 (anap.); of plants, growing in water, δόναξ Ar.Ra.234, cf. Thphr.HP1.14.3, 5.3.4; of animals, Pl.Sph.220b, Plt.264d; of fish, Arist.IA713a10, Ti. Locr.104e; of birds, Arist.HA559a21; τὰ ἔ. (sc. ζῷα) ib.487a26. 4 of land, in the water, submerged, Id.Mete.352a22.
German (Pape)
[Seite 860] im Wasser; – a) mit Wasser angefüllt; τεῦχος Aesch. Ag. 1099, von der Badewanne; νάματα, λίμνη, Eur. Phoen. 659 Ion 872; χωρίον, mit Wasser wohl versehen, Xen. Cyr. 3, 2, 11; τὸ ἔνυδρον, der Wasserreichthum, Hdn. 6, 6, 5. – b) im Wasser lebend; Νύμφαι, Wassernymphen, Soph. Phil. 1440; von Thieren, Plat. Soph. 220 b u. öfter; dem ξηροβατικόν entggstzt, Polit. 264 d; δόναξ Ar. Ran. 234. – Ὁ ἔνυδρος, = ἔνυδρις, sagt der Böoter Ar. Ach. 880.
