aquilegus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom aqua (“water”) + -legus (suffix indicating a gathering role).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈkʷi.le.ɡus/, [äˈkʷɪɫ̪ɛɡʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈkwi.le.ɡus/, [äˈkwiːleɡus]
Adjective
editaquilegus (feminine aquilega, neuter aquilegum); first/second-declension adjective
- 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
editFirst/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
editaquilegus m (genitive aquilegī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | aquilegus | aquilegī |
Genitive | aquilegī | aquilegōrum |
Dative | aquilegō | aquilegīs |
Accusative | aquilegum | aquilegōs |
Ablative | aquilegō | aquilegīs |
Vocative | aquilege | aquilegī |
References
edit- “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.