Hydra

Etymology

From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent.

Proper noun

Hydra f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hydridae – predatory freshwater cnidarians, thought not to age, the hydras.

References

• Hydra (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hydra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hydra (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology

From Latin Hydra, the mythical serpent, originally from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra), from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯dɹə/, [ˈhaɪ̯dɹə], [ˈhaɪ̯d͡ʒɹə]

Proper noun

Hydra

1. (Greek mythology) A mythological serpent with many heads, slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labours.
2. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a serpent. It lies just south of the zodiac and contains the star Alphard.
3. (astronomy) One of Pluto's moons.

See also

• (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra

Anagrams

• Hardy, hardy

Etymology

From hydra, from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɪdra]
• Rhymes: -ɪdra
• Hyphenation: hyd‧ra

Noun

Hydra f

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Hydra, a mythological serpent with seven heads
   • 1996, Antonín Rükl, “Hydra”, in Souhvězdí, Praha: Aventinum, →ISBN, page 126:

     […] místo každé uťaté hlavy vyrostly Hydře dvě nové.

     […] instead of every cut-off head two new heads grew up to Hydra.

2. (astronomy) Hydra, a spring constellation of the northern sky
   • 1996, Antonín Rükl, “Hydra”, in Souhvězdí, Praha: Aventinum, →ISBN, page 126:

     Alfa Hydrae – Alphard, 2,0 mag, je nejjasnější hvězda v Hydře.

     Alpha Hydrae – Alphard, 2.0 mag, is the brightest star in the constellation of Hydra.

3. (astronomy) Hydra, a moon of Pluto [since 2006]
   • 2015 June 12, Petr Lála, “Historická událost: sonda New Horizons zblízka prozkoumá záhadné Pluto”, in Technet.cz‎:

     Měsíce Hydra, Nix a Styx obíhají ve vzájemné rezonanci, protože za jeden oběh Hydry oběhne Nix právě jeden a půlkrát a Styx dokonce dvakrát.

     The moons Hydra and Styx orbit in mutual resonance, as Nix makes exactly one and half an orbit and Styx even two orbits during one orbit of Hydra.

4. (geography) Hydra, one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Aegean Sea
   • 1904, “Řecko”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎, volume XXI, Praha: J. Ottl, page 359:

     Poloostrov Argolský, k němuž přiléhá ostrov Hydra (Hydrea), omezuje záliv Nauplijský […]

     The Argolid Penninsula, which the island of Hydra (Hydrea) closely borders with, closes the Argolic Gulf […]

Alternative forms

• (serpent): hydra

See also

Further reading

• Hydra in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Hydra (mytologie) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs
• Hydra (souhvězdí) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs
• Hydra (měsíc) on the Czech Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^cs

Anagrams

• drahý
• dráhy
• hadry
• hrady

Proper noun

Hydra f

1. (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythical serpent)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhy.dra/, [ˈhʏ.dra]

Proper noun

Hydra f (genitive Hydrae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) The Hydra (mythical serpent)

References

• Hydra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hydra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɨ.dra/

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Proper noun

Hydra f

1. (Greek mythology) Hydra (mythical serpent)
2. (astronomy) Hydra (constellation)

Proper noun

Hydra ?

1. (astronomy) Hydra (constellation)