moist/green

Greek Adjective

ὑγρός, -ά, -όν, [in LXX: Jdg.16:7,8 (לַח), Job.8:16 (רָשׂב), Sir.39:13 wet, moist, opposite to ξηρός: of wood, sappy, green: Luk.23:31. (AS)

moist/green

Greek Adjective

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+]

Greek

Adjective

wet (as if with rain), i.e. (by implication) sappy (fresh); green; from the base of g5205 (ὑετός)