ὑγρός, ά, όν:
comparative ὑγρότερος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative -ότατος[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—
wet, moist, fluid (opposed to ξηρός), ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, i. e. olive-oil, opposed to fat or tallow, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. πίσσα, νᾶπυ,
raw pitch,
liquid mustard, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὸ ὑ. ξύλον, opposed to τὸ ξηρόν, [
NT+8th c.BC+]; ἄνεμοι ὑγρὸν ἀέντες winds blowing
moist or
rainy, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὑ. ἅλς, πέλαγος, θάλασσα, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑγρὰ νύξ a
wet night, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐφ᾽ ὑγροῖς ζωγραφεῖν paint on
a wet ground, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
2) ὑγρά,
Ionic dialect ὑγρή, ἡ, the
moist, i.e. the
sea, ἐπὶ τραφερήν τε καὶ ὑγρήν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; so ὑγρὰ κέλευθα the
watery ways, i. e. the sea,[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
3) τὸ ὑ. and τὰ ὑ.
wet, moisture, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
Liquid, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξερρύα συχνὸν ὑγρόν a quantity of
fluid, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; μετρεῖν τὰ ὑγρά
liquids, [
Refs]; ἐπὶ ὑγροῖς οὐκ ἐξὸν δανείζειν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4) μέτρα ὑγρὰ καὶ ξηρά
liquid and dry measure, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5) θῆρες ὑ.
water-animals, opposed to πεζοί, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὑ. ἀοιδός, of a frog, [
Refs]
6) of the bowels or faeces,
loose, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
7) ὑ. σφυγμός a
damp pulse, defined by [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
soft, pliant, supple, of the eagle's back, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the limbs and body, ὑγραῖς ἐν ἀγκάλαις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑγρὸς τὸ εἶδος, of Ἔρως, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; νεώτερος καὶ ὑγρότερος, opposed to σκληρός, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑγρὰ ἔχειν τὰ σκέλη, of a horse, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a horse's neck, [
Refs]; of the hare, [
Refs]; of the jackal, ταχυτῆτι διαφέρει διὰ τὸ ὑγρὸς εἶναι καὶ πηδᾷ πόρρω [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of plants, ὑ. ἄκανθος [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σῶμα ὑγρὸν κείμενον lying
in an easy position, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κέρας ὑ, of a bow, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II.2)
languid, feeble, of one dying, ἐς ὑγρὸν ἀγκῶνα. παρθένῳ προσπτύσσεται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) of substance,
flaccid, flabby, σάρκες [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3.b)
tender, νεοττοί [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.4)
moist with wine, tipsy, ὑγρὴν τὴν ψυχὴν ἔχειν [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.5) of the eyes,
melting, languishing, ὑ. βλέμμα [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; also πόθος ὑ. a
languishing, longing desire, [
Refs].
adverb, ὑγρῶς βλέπειν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]:
superlative, ὑγρότατα καὶ πένθιμα μελῳδεῖν [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.6) of language,
smoothly flowing, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.7)
metaphorically of persons or their tempers,
facile, pliant, easy, ὑγρός τις καὶ δημοτικός [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὸ Κίμωνος ὑ. his
easy temper, [
Refs];
pleasure-loving, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]; ὑγρότατος ἐς ταῦτα
prone to, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.7.b)
soft, dainty, luxurious, voluptuous, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.8) of the vowels α ι υ,
sometimes long and sometimes short, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.8.b) of στοιχεῖα,
liquid (
i.e. λ μ ν ρ), [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III)
adverb ὑγρῶς, see above [
Refs]; also ὑγρότερον δαπανᾶν spend
more freely, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]