clepsydra

Meanings

• An ancient Greek water clock

  - "The clepsydra was used to measure the passage of time in ancient Greece."
  - "The water clock, or clepsydra, was an essential instrument for measuring time in ancient civilizations."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with clepsydra
clepsydra , hippocrene , siphon , syphon , siphonette

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Variants

List of all variants of clepsydra that leads to same result
clepsydra , clepsydrae , clepsydras , water clock , water clocks

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

From the Ancient Greek word κλεψύδρα (klepsýdra), meaning 'water thief'. This name is derived from the way the water clock functioned: by gradually losing water through small holes, the water level would fall and the sand hourglass would be turned over to measure the passage of an hour.

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