*ὑδρός
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Ὑγρόν. ὑδρόν τι ὄν. ὁ δὲ Ἡρωδιανὸς παρὰ τὸν ὕσω μέλλοντα φησὶν ὑρὸς, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ γ, ὑγρὸς καὶ ὑγρόν
Translation (En)
Hugron ("moist"), a "watery" thing (hudron). But Herodian says that from the future husō ("I will rain") one derives *huros, and through adjunction of [g], hugros and hugron.
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Epimerismi homerici ordine alphabetico traditi, upsilon 23 (ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον (Ψ 281): διὰ τὸ μὴ πήγνυσθαι, ὅτι πολὺ ἔχει τὸ θερμόν, γίνεται ὑγρόν, ὕδωρ τι ὄν, οἷον ἔνυδρον· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὕω, τὸ βρέχω, ὕσω ὕρον καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ γ ὑγρόν); ibid., upsilon 35 (ὑγρός (cf. Α 312 alibi): παρὰ τὸ ὕω ὑρός· πλεονάζει τὸ γ, ὡς ἐν τῷ ἁγνός καὶ ἀγρός καὶ ἀνάγκη. οἱ δὲ παρὰ τὸ ὑδρός ὄνομα· ἢ κατὰ μετάθεσιν ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδος, ὡς πηγή (πηδή γὰρ ἦν) καὶ γάμος ἀπὸ τοῦ δάμος, ὁ δαμαστικὸς τῶν θηλείων, ὅθεν τὰς παρθένους ἀδαμάστους λέγουσιν); Etym. Gudianum, upsilon, p. 539 (Ὑγρὸν, οἱονεὶ ὑδρὸν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὕω τὸ βρέχω, ὑρὸν, καὶ ὑγρόν πλεονασμῷ τοῦ γ); ibid., p. 539 (ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον: διὰ τὸ μὴ πήγνυσθαι, ὅτι πολὺ ἔχει τὸ θερμόν, γίνεται ὑγρόν, ὕδωρ τι ὄν, οἷον ἔνυδρον· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὕω τὸ βρέχω, ὕσω, ὕρον καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ γ, ὑγρόν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 774 (ὑγρὸν: ὕδωρ τι ὄν, οἷον ἔνυδρον· ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὕω, ὕσω, ὕρος· καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ γ, ὑγρός); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, upsilon, p. 1761 (idem); Scholia in Theocritum, 1.55f (ὑγρός: γίνεται τὸ ὑγρὸν ἐκ τοῦ ὕω τὸ βρέχω· ὕσω ὑρὸς καὶ ὑγρὸς πλεονασμῷ τοῦ γ. ὑγρὸς οὖν ἄκανθος ὁ δίυγρος, ὁ διερός, ὁ ζῶν. <ἢ ὑδρὸς> οἷον ἔνυδρός τις εἶναι δοκῶν)
Comment
The adjective ὑδρός is derived through a simple change of letters from an adjective *ὑδρός "watery" (not used in Greek, except in the substantivized forms ὕδρος "water-snake" and ὕδρα "id."), itself derived from ὕδωρ. "Watery" and "moist, wet" are close enough from the semantic point of view for that etymology to have been considered obvious