aquarius

See also: Aquarius

Latin

Etymology

    From aqua (“water”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    aquārius (feminine aquāria, neuter aquārium); first/second-declension adjective

    1. of or pertaining to water

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative aquārius aquāria aquārium aquāriī aquāriae aquāria
    genitive aquāriī aquāriae aquāriī aquāriōrum aquāriārum aquāriōrum
    dative aquāriō aquāriae aquāriō aquāriīs
    accusative aquārium aquāriam aquārium aquāriōs aquāriās aquāria
    ablative aquāriō aquāriā aquāriō aquāriīs
    vocative aquārie aquāria aquārium aquāriī aquāriae aquāria

    Noun

    aquārius m (genitive aquāriī or aquārī); second declension

    1. a water carrier
    2. the constellations and zodiac sign Aquarius
    3. an aqueduct and pipe inspector

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative aquārius aquāriī
    genitive aquāriī
    aquārī1     		aquāriōrum
    dative aquāriō aquāriīs
    accusative aquārium aquāriōs
    ablative aquāriō aquāriīs
    vocative aquārie aquāriī

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

    Descendants

    • Balkano-Romance:
      • Romanian: apar
    • Italo-Romance:
      • Corsican: acquaghju, acquagnu, acquaiu
      • Italian: acquaio
      • Sicilian: acquaru
    • Rhaeto-Romance:
      • Friulian: agâr
    • Northern Gallo-Romance:
    • Southern Gallo-Romance (via Vulgar Latin *aquāria):
      • Catalan: aigüer
      • Old Occitan: aiguiera
        • Occitan: aiguièr
        • → Middle French: aiguiere, aiguière, ayguyere, esguiere, esguyère
    • Ibero-Romance:
    • Insular Romance:
      • Sardinian: abbarzu, abbarju, abbargiu
    • Borrowings:

    References

    • “aquarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “aquarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "aquarius", 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)
    • aquarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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