aquarius

See also: Aquarius

Latin

Etymology

From aqua (water) + -ārius.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈkʷaː.ri.us/, [aˈkʷaː.ri.ʊs]

Adjective

aquārius (feminine aquāria, neuter aquārium); first/second declension

  1. of or pertaining to water

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative aquārius aquāria aquārium aquāriī aquāriae aquāria
Genitive aquāriī aquāriae aquāriī aquāriōrum aquāriārum aquāriōrum
Dative aquāriō aquāriae aquāriō aquāriīs aquāriīs aquāriīs
Accusative aquārium aquāriam aquārium aquāriōs aquāriās aquāria
Ablative aquāriō aquāriā aquāriō aquāriīs aquāriīs aquāriīs
Vocative aquārie aquāria aquārium aquāriī aquāriae aquāria

Noun

aquārius m (genitive aquāriī); second declension

  1. a water carrier
  2. an aqueduct and pipe inspector

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aquārius aquāriī
Genitive aquāriī
aquārī1
aquāriōrum
Dative aquāriō aquāriīs
Accusative aquārium aquāriōs
Ablative aquāriō aquāriīs
Vocative aquārī aquāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Occitan: aiguièr, aqüari (borrowing)
  • Old French: evier, ewer
  • Old Occitan: aiguiera
  • Portuguese: agueiro, aquário (borrowing)
  • Romanian: acvariu (borrowing), apar
  • Sardinian: abbarzu, abbarju, abbargiu
  • Spanish: acuario (borrowing)
  • Swedish: akvarium (borrowing)

References

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