aquarius
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];
nom. sg. (m.) - 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;
nom. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...caelostella nocens nigros Saturni accenderet ignis,Deucalioneos fudisset Aquarius imbrestotaque diffuso latuisset in aequore tellus.si saeuum radiis Nemeaeum..." - D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...seruis incurritur; abstuleris spem seruorum, uenit et conductus aquarius; hic si quaeritur et desunt homines, mora nulla..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...diem, cum frigidus olim iam cadit extremoque inrorat Aquarius anno. hae quoque non cura nobis leuiore tuendae..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...incauta futuri. quae, simul inversum contristat Aquarius annum, non usquam prorepit et illis utitur ante quaesitis sapiens..."
