aquaeductus

Latin

Alternative forms

• aquiductus (late, proscribed)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kʷae̯ˈduk.tus/, [äkʷäe̯ˈd̪ʊkt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kweˈduk.tus/, [äkweˈd̪ukt̪us]

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

• Late Latin: aquiductus (see there for further descendants)
• → Catalan: aqüeducte
• → English: aqueduct
• → French: aqueduc
• →? Friulian: acuidot
• → Italian: acquedotto
• → 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’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