ὑγρός, ὑγρά, ὑγρον (ὕω to moisten; (but others from a different root meaning 'to moisten', from which also Latinumor, umidus; cf. Vanicek, p. 867; Curtius, § 158)), from Homer down, damp, moist, wet; opposed to ξηρός (which see), full of sap, green: ξύλον, Luk_23:31 (for ψΘθΙα, sappy, in Job_8:16).

ὑγρός hygros 1x pr. wet, moist, humid; used of a tree, full of sap, fresh, green, Luk_23:31

ὑγρός , -ά , -όν , [in LXX : Jdg_16:7-8 ( H3892 ), Job_8:16 ( H7373 ), Sir_39:13 ΰ Α * ;] wet, moist, opp . to ξηρός : of wood, sappy, green: Luk_23:31 .†

ὑγρός [page 648] With the use of the adj. = sappy, green, in Luk_23:31 , cf its application to raw pitch in BGU II. 544 .20 (time of Antoninus) πίσσης ὑγρᾶς , and P Oxy XIV. 1753 .3 (A.D. 390). For the more general meaning wet, moist, cf. P Fay 331 (A.D. 125 6) ὑγροῦ λίτρ̣ο̣ν̣, a litre of water, and the account of a cure at the temple of Asclepius in Epidaurus, Syll 804 (= .3 1170) .22 (ii/A.D.) χρείμενος μὲν τοῖς ἀλσὶ καὶ τῶι νάπυ [ι ] ὑγρῶι ἤλγησα . See also PSI IV. 442 .5 (iii/B.C.) with reference to an ἀμφίταπος or Egyptian rug (cf. Pro_7:16 ) fraudulently damped to make it heavier ὁ δὲ σταθεὶς ( weighed ) ἐχθὲς ἔτι ὑγρὸς ἦν , and Gnomon 232 ( c . A.D. 150) (= BGU V. p. 37) ἐπὶ ὑγ̣ροῖς ( Flόssigkeiten ) οὐκ ἐξὸν δανίζε [ι ]ν̣.

ὑγρός ὑγρός, ή, όν "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. 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. τὸ ὑγρόν and τὰ ὑγρά "wet, moisture, water", Hdt. μέτρα ὑγρὰ καὶ ξηρά "liquid" and dry measure, Plat. θῆρες ὑγροί "water-" animals, opp. to πεζοί, Anth. "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. "languid, feeble", of one dying, Soph. , Eur. of the eyes, "swimming, melting, languishing", ὄμμασιν ὑγρὰ δεδορκώς Anth. , etc. metaph. of persons, "facile, soft-tempered, pliant, easy", Plut. : "luxurious", ὑ. πρὸς τὴν διαίταν id=Plut.

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)