hydro
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hydrus, hydri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
water-snake; snake; the constellation Hydra;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...igne rogali fulgurat, haec uiuo manus aera uerberat hydro. ut stetit, abrupta qua plurimus arce Cithaeron occurrit caelo..."Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...inpune fuisset, Gorgoneum crinem turpes mutavit in hydros. nunc quoque, ut attonitos formidine terreat hostes, pectore in adverso..."