hydragogia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδραγωγία (hudragōgía)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hy.draˈɡoː.ɡi.a/, [hʏd̪räˈɡoːɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.draˈɡo.d͡ʒi.a/, [id̪räˈɡɔːd͡ʒiä]

Noun

hydragōgia f (genitive hydragōgiae); first declension

1. aqueduct, canal
   • 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Saturae Menippeae 290.1:

     sēnsūs portae, vēnae hydragōgiae, clovāca intestīnī

     the senses are gates, the veins aqueducts, the intestines the sewer

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hydragōgia	hydragōgiae
Genitive	hydragōgiae	hydragōgiārum
Dative	hydragōgiae	hydragōgiīs
Accusative	hydragōgiam	hydragōgiās
Ablative	hydragōgiā	hydragōgiīs
Vocative	hydragōgia	hydragōgiae

References

• “hydrăgōgĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hy̆drăgōgĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 759.