aquaeductus

Latin

Alternative forms

• aquiductus (late, proscribed)

Etymology

From aquae +‎ ductus, literally “conducting of water”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.kʷae̯ˈdʊk.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.kʷeˈduk.tus]

Noun

aquaeductus m (genitive aquaeductūs); fourth declension

1. aqueduct, conduit
2. (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

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: acquedotto
• Derived forms:
  • Late Latin: aquiductus (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings:

• → Catalan: aqüeducte
• → English: aqueduct
• → French: aqueduc
• →? Friulian: acuidot
• → Galician: acueduto
• → 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, 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