different between hydric vs hydria

English

Etymology

hydro- +? -ic

Adjective

hydric (not comparable)

1. Characterized by, or requiring, moisture.
2. (forestry) Sufficiently wet to inhibit the survival of many species.
   • 1998, John C. Kricher, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, A Field Guide to Eastern Forests, North America

     Hydric environments, a form of extreme environment for trees, are often inhabited by relatively few species.

3. (chemistry) Relating to hydrogen.
4. (organic chemistry) Relating to alcohols.

Antonyms

• (moisture): xeric

Derived terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (hudría, “water jar or water container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?d?e?/

Noun

hydria (plural hydrias or hydriae or hydriai)

1. A three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and pour water.

Anagrams

• Riyadh

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hy.dri.a/, [?h?d??iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.dri.a/, [?i?d??i?]

Noun

hydria f (genitive hydriae); first declension

1. jug, ewer, urn

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• hydria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hydria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hydria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hydria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• hydria in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• hydria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hydria in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin