aquilegus

Latin

Etymology

From aqua (“water”) +‎ -legus (suffix indicating a gathering role).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkʷi.le.ɡus/, [äˈkʷɪɫ̪ɛɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈkwi.le.ɡus/, [äˈkwiːleɡus]

Adjective

aquilegus (feminine aquilega, neuter aquilegum); first/second-declension adjective

1. water-collecting, water-drawing
   • c. 160 CE – c. 225 CE, Tertullian, de anima 33.7:

     Nam et quī labōribus atque servitiīs pūniendī in asinōs utique et mūlōs recorporābuntur, quantum sibi dē pistrīnīs et aquilegīs rotīs grātulābuntur, sī metallōrum et ergastulōrum et operum pūblicōrum ipsōrumque carcerum, licet ōtiōsōrum, recordentur!

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	aquilegus	aquilega	aquilegum		aquilegī	aquilegae	aquilega
Genitive	aquilegī	aquilegae	aquilegī		aquilegōrum	aquilegārum	aquilegōrum
Dative	aquilegō		aquilegō		aquilegīs
Accusative	aquilegum	aquilegam	aquilegum		aquilegōs	aquilegās	aquilega
Ablative	aquilegō	aquilegā	aquilegō		aquilegīs
Vocative	aquilege	aquilega	aquilegum		aquilegī	aquilegae	aquilega

Noun

aquilegus m (genitive aquilegī); second declension

1. conduit-master, water-inspector

   Synonym: aquilex

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aquilegus	aquilegī
Genitive	aquilegī	aquilegōrum
Dative	aquilegō	aquilegīs
Accusative	aquilegum	aquilegōs
Ablative	aquilegō	aquilegīs
Vocative	aquilege	aquilegī

References

• “aquilegus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aquilegus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• aquilegus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.