aquaeductus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From aquae + ductus, lit. "conducting of water".

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. aqueduct, conduit
  2. (law) the right to conduct water across or from another's land to one's own land by means of pipes, trenches, or canals

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • aquaeductus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aquaeductus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • aquaeductus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • aquaeductus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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