aqua
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See also: aqua-
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂, whence also Old English ēa, ǽ (“river”). More at ea.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aqua (countable and uncountable, plural aquas or aquae)
- (inorganic chemistry) The compound water.
- A shade of colour, usually a mix of green and blue similar to the colour turquoise.
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aqua colour:
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2009 June 27, Patricia Cohen, “Employing Art Along With Ambassadors”, in New York Times[1]:
- Ms. Rockburne, with help from a team of artists, is working on a gargantuan mural of deep blues, shimmering aquas and luminous gold leaf that is headed for the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Adjective[edit]
aqua (comparative more aqua, superlative most aqua)
- Of a greenish-blue colour.
Synonyms[edit]
- (colour): aquamarine
- (water): see Wikisaurus:water
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from aqua English noun
See also[edit]
- (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre (Category: en:Blues)
Ido[edit]
Adjective[edit]
aqua
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
aqua (plural aquas)
Interlingue[edit]
Noun[edit]
aqua
Istriot[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
aqua f (plural aque)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Cognate with Old English ēa (“flowing water, stream, river”). More at ea.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aqua f (genitive aquae); first declension
- water
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405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Genesis.1.2
- terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
- And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
- terra autem erat inanis et vacua et tenebrae super faciem abyssi et spiritus Dei ferebatur super aquas
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Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aqua | aquae |
| genitive | aquae | aquārum |
| dative | aquae | aquīs |
| accusative | aquam | aquās |
| ablative | aquā | aquīs |
| vocative | aqua | aquae |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Eastern:
- Franco-Provençal: àiva
- Gallo-Italian:
- Iberian:
- East Iberian:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Oïl:
- Rhaetian:
- Sabir: agua, lagua
- Southern:
- → English: aqua
- Constructed:
External links[edit]
- aqua in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
References[edit]
- aqua in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aqua in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- AQUA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- aqua in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the surface of the water: summa aqua
- to stand out of the water: ex aqua exstare
- the water reaches to the waist: aqua est umbilīco tenus
- the water is up to, is above, the chest: aqua pectus aequat, superat
- to come to the surface: (se) ex aqua emergere
- to draw off water from a river: aquam ex flumine derivare
- to bring a stream of water through the garden: aquam ducere per hortum
- a conduit; an aqueduct: aquae ductus (plur. aquarum ductus)
- running water: aqua viva, profluens (opp. stagnum)
- a perpetual spring: aqua iugis, perennis
- ill-watered: aquae, aquarum inops
- to slake one's thirst by a draught of cold water: sitim haustu gelidae aquae sedare
- to proscribe a person, declare him an outlaw: aqua et igni interdicere alicui
- the surface of the water: summa aqua
- aqua in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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