aquaeductus
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- aquiductus (late, proscribed)
Etymology
[edit]From aquae + ductus, lit. "conducting of water".
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.kʷae̯ˈduk.tus/, [äkʷäe̯ˈd̪ʊkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.kweˈduk.tus/, [äkweˈd̪ukt̪us]
Noun
[edit]aquaeductus m (genitive aquaeductūs); fourth declension
- aqueduct, conduit
- (law) the right to conduct water across or from another's land to one's own land by means of pipes, trenches, or canals
Declension
[edit]Fourth-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | aquaeductus | aquaeductūs |
genitive | aquaeductūs | aquaeductuum |
dative | aquaeductuī | aquaeductibus |
accusative | aquaeductum | aquaeductūs |
ablative | aquaeductū | aquaeductibus |
vocative | aquaeductus | aquaeductūs |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “aquaeductus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aquaeductus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aquaeductus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “aquaeductus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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