Definition of clepsydra in English:

clepsydra

nounPlural clepsydrae, Plural clepsydras ˈklɛpsɪdrəˈklɛpsədrə

An ancient time-measuring device worked by a flow of water.
Example sentencesExamples
- He did this with a clepsydra, a vessel with a hole in the bottom and one in the top.
- The device they used to ensure fairness was the clepsydra - ‘captured water’ - and was a simple jar with a hole.
- He designed a lotus clepsydra, that is a water clock which had a bowl shaped like a lotus flower on the top into which water dripped.
- Further back, the Chinese and the Romans used clepsydras (water clocks) at about the same time, although Egyptian sundials go further back.
- Of course the sun could not be used to tell the time at night and clepsydras or water clocks were in use in Egypt by 1500 BC.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek klepsudra, based on kleptein 'steal' + hudōr 'water'.

Definition of clepsydra in US English:

clepsydra

nounˈklɛpsədrəˈklepsədrə

An ancient time-measuring device worked by a flow of water.
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course the sun could not be used to tell the time at night and clepsydras or water clocks were in use in Egypt by 1500 BC.
- He designed a lotus clepsydra, that is a water clock which had a bowl shaped like a lotus flower on the top into which water dripped.
- He did this with a clepsydra, a vessel with a hole in the bottom and one in the top.
- The device they used to ensure fairness was the clepsydra - ‘captured water’ - and was a simple jar with a hole.
- Further back, the Chinese and the Romans used clepsydras (water clocks) at about the same time, although Egyptian sundials go further back.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek klepsudra, based on kleptein ‘steal’ + hudōr ‘water’.

单词	clepsydra
释义	Definition of clepsydra in English: clepsydra nounPlural clepsydrae, Plural clepsydras ˈklɛpsɪdrəˈklɛpsədrə An ancient time-measuring device worked by a flow of water. Example sentencesExamples He did this with a clepsydra, a vessel with a hole in the bottom and one in the top. The device they used to ensure fairness was the clepsydra - ‘captured water’ - and was a simple jar with a hole. He designed a lotus clepsydra, that is a water clock which had a bowl shaped like a lotus flower on the top into which water dripped. Further back, the Chinese and the Romans used clepsydras (water clocks) at about the same time, although Egyptian sundials go further back. Of course the sun could not be used to tell the time at night and clepsydras or water clocks were in use in Egypt by 1500 BC. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek klepsudra, based on kleptein 'steal' + hudōr 'water'. Definition of clepsydra in US English: clepsydra nounˈklɛpsədrəˈklepsədrə An ancient time-measuring device worked by a flow of water. Example sentencesExamples Of course the sun could not be used to tell the time at night and clepsydras or water clocks were in use in Egypt by 1500 BC. He designed a lotus clepsydra, that is a water clock which had a bowl shaped like a lotus flower on the top into which water dripped. He did this with a clepsydra, a vessel with a hole in the bottom and one in the top. The device they used to ensure fairness was the clepsydra - ‘captured water’ - and was a simple jar with a hole. Further back, the Chinese and the Romans used clepsydras (water clocks) at about the same time, although Egyptian sundials go further back. Origin Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek klepsudra, based on kleptein ‘steal’ + hudōr ‘water’.
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