aquario
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aquarius, aquaria, aquarium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of/for water; requiring water (tools/instruments); [res ~ => water supply];
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →aquarius, aquari(i):
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
water-bearer; (Constellation); overseer/workman at the public water supply;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →aquarium, aquari(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
watering place. water hole (for cattle); source of water;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...semper ardeat et terras aestibus torreat, in Aquario astringat hiemem, flumina gelu claudat? Et hoc tamen et illud..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...aerumnosi, quibus prae mala sua cornua nascuntur; in aquario copones et cucurbitae; in piscibus obsonatores et rhetores..."Domitianus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...affirmavit, fore ut sequenti die luna se in aquario cruentaret factumque aliquod existeret, de quo loquerentur homines..."
