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Latin
Etymology
From ad- (“near, at; towards, to”) + aquor (“bring or fetch drinking water”).
Pronunciation
Verb
adaquō (present infinitive adaquāre, perfect active adaquāvī, supine adaquātum); first conjugation
- (transitive) to bring or supply water to, give to drink
Usage notes
Some readings of Aulus Hirtius' De Bello Gallico Liber VIII have adaquor as a deponent verb. In other texts, adaquor is used with the expected passive meaning.
Conjugation
Descendants
References
- “adaquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- adaquo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.