different between aquatic vs aquarius

English

Alternative forms

• aquatick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French aquatique (“living in water”), from Latin aquaticus (“relating to water”), from aqua (“water”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??kw?.t?k/, /??kwæ.t?k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??kw?.t?k/, /??kwæ.t?k/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??kw?.t?k/

• Rhymes: -?t?k

Usage notes

The pronunciations with a back vowel are more recent and reflect a long-established tendency to round a historic short-a after IPA^(key): /w/.

Adjective

aquatic (comparative more aquatic, superlative most aquatic)

1. Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.

Synonyms

• waterly

Related terms

• aquativeness (obscure, obsolete)

Translations

Noun

aquatic (plural aquatics)

1. Any aquatic plant.

References

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