Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 156.aqua on page 156
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aqua water
aqua is a Latin Noun that primarily means water.
Definitions for aqua
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
water
English derivatives:
aquatic aquarium Aquarius aqueduct subaqueous ewer sewer sewage sewerage
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
Water as a natural element. (b) (typifying instability or impermanence); (esp.) to leave no permanent record of. (c) (in prov. phrs.) (or sim. phr) 'as like as two peas'; 'to draw blood from a stone'. (d) (various eps.) rain-water; fresh water; sea water; water that keeps well; water that does not keep well; running water.
- 2
(esp. pl.) Rain, rainfall. (b) rain-water.
- 3
Water as opposed to dry land; the sea; afloat.
Sentences with aqua
Latin to English
Nāvis sub aquā fuit.Compare The ship was under water
Tu vendis aquam et bibis ipse merum.Compare You sell water and drink the pure wine yourself.
Aquam līberam gustābunt.Compare They will taste the water of freedom.
Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat. dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.Compare My mistress says, there's not a man of all the many that she knows, she'd rather wed than me, not one, though Jove himself were to propose. She says so: but what woman says to him who fancies he has caught her, 'tis only fit it should be writ in air or running water. (Tr. Theodore Martin)
Hoc erat in votis: modus agri non ita magnus, hortus ubi et tecto vicinus iugis aquae fons et paulum silvae super his foret.Compare This used to be among my prayers - a portion of land not so very large, but which should contain a garden, and near the homestead a spring of ever-flowing water, and a bit of forest to complete it.
Declension table for aqua
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | aqua | aquae |
| Gen. | aquae | aquārum |
| Dat. | aquae | aquīs |
| Acc. | aquam | aquās |
| Abl. | aquā | aquīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 92.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 156.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 121.
Bibliography
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Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
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Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "aqua, aquae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/aqua-aquae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 92.aqua, aquae on page 92
