ὕδρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ὕδρη]], ἡ, (cf. [[ὕδωρ]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[water-serpent]], but esp. of the [[Lernaean Hydra]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>313</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>574</span>,<span class="bibl">836</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">1094</span>; [[Ὕδραν τέμνειν]], [[proverb|prov.]] of [[labour in vain]], because two heads sprang up for every one which was cut off, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>426e</span>: pl., but still with reference to the [[Lernaean Hydra]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>950</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>[1136]</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], ὕδρης ποικιλώτερος <span class="bibl">Herod.3.89</span> (ἐπὶ τῶν δολερῶν <span class="bibl">Diogenian.7.69</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> name of a constellation, = [[ὕδρος]] ''III'', <span class="bibl">Arat.444</span>, etc.</span>