ὑγρός
Alt. ὑγρός, ή, όν
I. "wet, moist, running, fluid", Hom., etc.; ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, i. e. olive-oil, as opp. to fat, id=Hom.; ὑγρὸν ὕδωρ "running" water, Od.; ἄνεμοι ὑγρὸν ἀέντες winds blowing "moist or rainy", as opp. to "dry, parching", id=Od.
2. ἡ ὑγρά, ionic ὑγρή, "the moist", i. e. "the sea", Hom.; so, ὑγρὰ κέλευθα "the watery" ways, i. e. the sea, id=Hom.; and ὑγρά alone, opp. to ἀπείρων γαῖα, id=Hom.
3. τὸ ὑγρόν and τὰ ὑγρά "wet, moisture, water", Hdt.
4. μέτρα ὑγρὰ καὶ ξηρά "liquid" and dry measure, Plat.
5. θῆρες ὑγροί "water-" animals, opp. to πεζοί, Anth.
II. "soft, pliant, supple, lithe", Lat. mollis, of the eagle's back, Pind.; of youthful limbs, Plat.; ὑγρὰ ἔχειν τὰ σκέλη, of a horse, Xen.; so of colts, γόνατα ὑγρῶς κάμπτειν, ὑγρῶς τοῖς σκέλεσι χρῆσθαι (cf. Virgil's "mollia crura reponit)", id=Xen.; so, ὑ. ἄκανθος (Virg. "mollis acanthus)", Theocr.
2. "languid, feeble", of one dying, Soph., Eur.
3. of the eyes, "swimming, melting, languishing", ὄμμασιν ὑγρὰ δεδορκώς Anth., etc.
4. metaph. of persons, "facile, soft-tempered, pliant, easy", Plut.: "luxurious", ὑ. πρὸς τὴν διαίταν id=Plut.