English

Noun

hydraulus

1. Synonym of water organ

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ὕδραυλος ‎(húdraulos, “water organ”), from ὕδωρ ‎(húdōr, “water”) + αὐλός ‎(aulós, “flute”: “pipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hyˈdrau.lus/, /hydˈrau.lus/

Noun

hydraulus m ‎(genitive hydraulī); second declension

1. (music) water organ

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• hydraulārius

References

• hydraulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hydraulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “hydraulus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• hydraulus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hydraulus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin