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ὑδροφόρος

ὑδροφόρος, carrying water

ὑδροφόρ-ος (parox.), ον,
  • carrying water, κόρη Plu. Them. 31; ἀγγεῖον Poll. 8.66.
    • II Subst. ὑ., ὁ and ἡ, water-carrier, Hdt. 3.14, X. An. 4.5.10, PCair.Zen. 702.24 (iii B. C.), LXX Jo. 9.33(27), Luc. Vit.Auct. 7, etc.; Ὑδροφόροι, title of Tragedies by Aeschylus and by Sophocles; ὑ. Ἀρτέμιδος Πυθίης, title of priestess at Branchidae, OGI 226.1 (iii B. C.); so in pl., CIG 2885, BMus.Inscr. 922.9; also at Athens, of maidens who served at the Dipolieia, Thphr. ap. Porph. Abst. 2.30; cf. ὑδροφορέω II.
    • III ὑδροφόρους· ὑδρορρόους, Hsch.

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