Hydrus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hydrūs, untis, f., = Ὑδροῦς,

a city of Calabria , under a mountain of the same name , now Otranto , Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 101; Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 2; id. Att. 15, 21, 3; 16, 5, 3; Mel. 2, 4, 7.—In masc. , avius Hydrus, of the city and mountain, Luc. 5, 375.—The city is also called Hydruntum , i, n., Liv. 36, 21, 5; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 100.

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