Ὑδρεία

water-drawing

Translated by Ioannis Doukas18 Jul 2009Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 14 words

[Hydreia is] the drawing of water [for oneself].¹ But a hydria [is] a vessel.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑδρεία· τὸ ὑδρεύεσθαι. Ὑδρία δὲ τὸ ἀγγεῖον.

Betacode

*(udrei/a: to\ u(dreu/esqai. *(udri/a de\ to\ a)ggei=on.

Notes (2)

cf. the scholia to Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1767 (where u(drei/hs occurs).
1Present middle infinitive of u(dreu/w; cf. upsilon 59. ↩
2See also Etymologicum Gudianum s.vv. u(drei/a and u(dri/a. ↩

Linked from1 entry

υ59Ὑδρεύεινto draw water, to irrigate[Meaning] to water/give to drink.

Neighbouring entries

υ58Ὕδραν τέμνειςyou are cutting off a hydra υ59Ὑδρεύεινto draw water, to irrigate υ60Ὑδρείαwater-drawing υ61Ὑδρηλόνmoist, watery, wet υ62Ὑδροπότηςdropsical

Revision history3 revisions · last 19 Nov 2013

19 Nov 2013Revised — David Whitehead
19 Jul 2009augmented note and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
19 Jul 2009added note and keywords, set status — Catharine Roth
18 Jul 2009Translated — Ioannis Doukas