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..."- P
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..."