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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'clepsydra' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions clepsydra noun  A water clock, especially as used in the ancient world. 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 856: :They sat among the choiring clepsydras of the evening garden, time elapsing in a dozen ways, allowing their cigars to go out, keeping a companionable silence. Translations:  French: clepsydre Etymology: From Latin, clepsydra, from Ancient Greek (polytonic, ), from combining form of (polytonic, ) "to steal" + (polytonic, á) "water".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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