aquai

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin and dialectal *aquās, with the -ī of the o-stem (2nd) declension replacing the original genitive marker -s, as also happened later in the 5th declension; the original form is preserved in pater familiās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkʷaː.iː/, [äˈkʷäːiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈkwa.i/, [äˈkwäːi]

Noun

aquāī

1. (Republican Latin or archaizing) genitive singular of aqua
2. (archaizing) nominative plural of aqua