aquilex

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Latin

Etymology

From aqua (“water”) +‎ legō (“I gather, collect”) +‎ -s. The Late Latin variant aquilic- was introduced after aquilicium and is to be surface-analyzed as aqua +‎ laciō (“I entice”) +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

Noun

aquilex m (genitive aquilegis or aquilicis); third declension

  1. conduit-master, water-inspector
    Synonym: aquilegus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative aquilex aquilegēs
aquilicēs
Genitive aquilegis
aquilicis 		aquilegum
aquilicum
Dative aquilegī
aquilicī 		aquilegibus
aquilicibus
Accusative aquilegem
aquilicem 		aquilegēs
aquilicēs
Ablative aquilege
aquilice 		aquilegibus
aquilicibus
Vocative aquilex aquilegēs
aquilicēs

References

  • aquilex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “aquilex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aquilex in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “aquilex” in volume 2, column 374, line 44 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
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