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Latin
Etymology
From aquae + ductus, lit. "conducting of water".
Pronunciation
Noun
aquaeductus m (genitive aquaeductūs); fourth declension
- aqueduct, conduit
- (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
Fourth-declension noun.
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