ὕδωρ: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[epic also [[ὕδει]] as if from [[ὕδος]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[water]], of any [[kind]], but in Hom. [[rarely]] of sea-[[water]] ([[which]] he calls ἁλμυρὸν ὕδωῤ;— also in plural, ὕδατ' αἰενάοντα Od.; ὕδατα Καφίσια the waters of Cephisos, Pind.:— [[ὕδωρ]] κατὰ χειρός [[water]] for [[washing]] the hands, Ar.; ὕ. ἐπὶ χεῖρας ἔχευαν Hom.—Proverbs., γράφειν τι εἰς [[ὕδωρ]] of [[anything]] [[untrustworthy]], Soph.; ἐν ὕδατι γρ. Plat.; [[ὅταν]] τὸ [[ὕδωρ]] πνίγῃ, τί δεῖ ἐπιπίνειν; if [[water]] chokes, [[what]] [[more]] can be done? of a [[desperate]] [[case]], Arist.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> [[rain]]-[[water]], [[rain]], Il., Hdt., [[attic]];—[[more]] [[definitely]], [[ὕδωρ]] ἐξ οὐρανοῦ Thuc., etc.; [[Ζεύς|Ζεὺς]] [[ὕδωρ]] ὕει, ὁ θεὸς [[ὕδωρ]] ποιεῖ Ar.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> for the [[phrase]] ἐν ὕδατι βρέχεσθαι, Hdt., v. [[βρέχω]].<br /><b class="num">4.</b> in [[attic]] law-[[phrase]], τὸ [[ὕδωρ]] was the [[water]] of the [[water]]-[[clock]] (κλεψύδρἀ, Dem.; ἐν τῷ ἐμῷ ὕδατι, ἐπὶ τοῦ [[ἐμοῦ]] [[ὕδατος]] in the [[time]] allowed me, Dem.; οὐκ ἐνδέχεται πρὸς τὸ αὐτὸ ὕ. [[εἰπεῖν]] one cannot say (all) in one [[speech]], Dem.; ἐπίλαβε τὸ ὕ. [[stop]] the [[water]] ([[which]] was done [[while]] the [[speech]] was interrupted by the [[calling]] of [[evidence]] and [[reading]] of documents), Dem.; ἀποδιδόναι τινὶ τὸ ὕ. to [[give]] him the [[turn]] of [[speaking]], Aeschin.