aquaeductus
Latin
Alternative forms
- aquiductus (late, proscribed)
Etymology
From aquae + ductus, lit. "conducting of water".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.kʷae̯ˈdʊk.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.kʷeˈd̪uk.t̪us]
Noun
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
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aquaeductus | aquaeductūs |
| genitive | aquaeductūs | aquaeductuum |
| dative | aquaeductuī | aquaeductibus |
| accusative | aquaeductum | aquaeductūs |
| ablative | aquaeductū | aquaeductibus |
| vocative | aquaeductus | aquaeductūs |
Descendants
- Italian: acquedotto
- Late Latin: aquiductus (see there for further descendants)
- → Catalan: aqüeducte
- → English: aqueduct
- → French: aqueduc
- →? Friulian: acuidot
- → Polish: akwedukt
- → Portuguese: aqueduto
- → Romanian: apeduct
- → Russian: акведу́к (akvedúk)
- → Spanish: acueducto
References
- “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