aquiductus
Latin
Noun
aquiductus m (genitive aquiductī); second declension (Late Latin, proscribed)
- alternative form of aquaeductus
- [3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 22:
- aquaeductus non aquiductus
- (The correct form is) aquaeductus, not aquiductus]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aquiductus | aquiductī |
| genitive | aquiductī | aquiductōrum |
| dative | aquiductō | aquiductīs |
| accusative | aquiductum | aquiductōs |
| ablative | aquiductō | aquiductīs |
| vocative | aquiducte | aquiductī |
Descendants
- Gallo-Romance:
- Champenois: ọdü (“cupboard”), odo̢y (“ewer”)
- Franc-Comtois: adoi (“spring”)
- Franco-Provençal: ewedyúa, ẹgadzẅay
- Old Catalan: aiguaduit (influenced by aigua 'water')
- Catalan: aguaduy (obsolete)
- Old French: avidotz (“aqueduct”)
- Ibero-Romance:
- Old Spanish: aguducho
- Spanish: aguaducho (influenced by agua 'water')
- Old Spanish: aguducho
- Italo-Romance:
- Old Italian: acquidotto
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Romansch: lavadüč
- Derived forms:
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *aquiducium
- Italian: acquidoccio
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *aquiducium
- Borrowings:
References
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “aquaeductus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 39
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “aquaedŭctus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 68