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English
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Etymology
[edit]After the Hydra, from Greek mythology, which grew two new heads every time one of its heads was cut off. The biology sense alludes to the budding method of asexual reproduction that the hydra practices, similar to growing new heads. The figurative sense refers to how the creature could not be killed by a swift, decisive solution (in contrast to a Gordian knot).
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: hī'drə, IPA(key): /ˈhaɪdɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]hydra (plural hydras or hydrae or hydræ)
- (fantasy) A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
- (biology) Any of several small freshwater polyps of the genus Hydra and related genera, having a naked cylindrical body and an oral opening surrounded by tentacles.
- (figurative) A complex, multifarious problem or situation that cannot be solved easily and rapidly.
- 2009, Kris Frieswick, Till Death Do Us Pay[1]:
- Because the statute is so vaguely worded, award decisions are habitually based on case law, the growing mountain of which is a hydra of rulings that point in so many directions that almost any decision can be defended or overturned on appeal, depending on how smart your lawyer is and which precedent he selects to argue your case.
Derived terms
[edit]- brown hydra (Hydra oligactis)
- freshwater hydra (Hydra vulgaris)
- green hydra (Hydra viridissima)
- microhydra (Craspedacusta)
Translations
[edit]complex, multifarious problem
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References
[edit]- “*hydra”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Hydra (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hydra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Hydra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra). Doublet of vydra.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hydra f
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, singular only) Hydra, a mythological serpent with seven heads
- something monstrous which is extremely difficult to fight with (often connected with organized crime)
- (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Šéf Útvaru pro odhalování organizovaného zločinu Robert Šlachta popsal veřejnosti, jak vlastně vypadá kauza Nagyová, kmotři a korupčníci. Je to hluboká klientelistická hydra.
- The boss of the police unit for combating organized crime Robert Šlachta has described to the public how the case of Nagyová, godfathers and bribers appears. It is a deep clientelistic hydra.
- Hydra, a genus of hydrozoan in family Hydridae
- 2017, Filip Drlík, Obsahují davy: O mikrobech v nás, kolem nás a o jejich fascinujícím vlivu na náš život[3], Jan Melvil, translation of original by Ed Yong, →ISBN:
- Mytologická hydra terorizovala vesničany svým jedovatým dechem a krví, přičemž skutečná hydra zabíjí perloočky a korýše pomocí žahavých buněk, z nichž vystřeluje otrávené harpuny.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- Hydra (serpent)
Synonyms
[edit]- (genus Hydra): nezmar
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus Hydra): živočichové – regnum; žahavci – phylum; polypovci – class; nezmaři – order; nezmarovití – family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus Hydra): nezmar hvězdnatý, nezmar obecný, nezmar opásaný, nezmar ostropouzdrý, nezmar podélník, nezmar štíhlý, nezmar zelený
Related terms
[edit]- See hydro-
Further reading
[edit]- “hydra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hydra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhy.dra/, [ˈhʏd̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.dra/, [ˈiːd̪rä]
Noun
[edit]hydra f (genitive hydrae); first declension (masculine hydrus)
- A water-snake.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hydra | hydrae |
| genitive | hydrae | hydrārum |
| dative | hydrae | hydrīs |
| accusative | hydram | hydrās |
| ablative | hydrā | hydrīs |
| vocative | hydra | hydrae |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “hydra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- hydra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “hydra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[4]
- “hydra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “hydra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin hydra. Doublet of nutria and wydra.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hydra f
- hydra (any freshwater polyp from the genus Hydra)
- Synonym: stułbia
- (fantasy) hydra (dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed)
- Hypernym: stworzenie
- (figurative) evil that is difficult to eradicate
- Hypernym: zło
Declension
[edit]Declension of hydra
Further reading
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