aquaeductus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aquae +‎ ductus, lit. "conducting of water".

Pronunciation

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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aquaeductus aquaeductūs
Genitive aquaeductūs aquaeductuum
Dative aquaeductuī aquaeductibus
Accusative aquaeductum aquaeductūs
Ablative aquaeductū aquaeductibus
Vocative aquaeductus aquaeductūs

Descendants

References
  • “aquaeductus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aquaeductus 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)
  • 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
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