different between aquarius vs equuleus

Latin

Etymology

From aqua (“water”) +? -?rius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?k?a?.ri.us/, [ä?k?ä??i?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?kwa.ri.us/, [??kw???ius]

Adjective

aqu?rius (feminine aqu?ria, neuter aqu?rium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to water

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Noun

aqu?rius m (genitive aqu?ri? or aqu?r?); second declension

1. a water carrier
2. an aqueduct and pipe inspector

Declension

Second-declension noun.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

• aquarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aquarius in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aquarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• aquarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Latin

Alternative forms

• eculeus

Etymology

Diminutive of equus (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?k?u.le.us/, [??k???e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?kwu.le.us/, [??kwu?l?us]

Noun

equuleus m (genitive equule?); second declension

1. colt, foal
2. rack (for torture)

Declension

• Second-declension noun.

Related terms

• equus

References

• equuleus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• equuleus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• equuleus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• equuleus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• equuleus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• equuleus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin