aquarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From aqua (“water”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkʷaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈkʷaː.ri.us] === Adjective === aquārius (feminine aquāria, neuter aquārium); first/second-declension adjective of or pertaining to water ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === Noun === aquārius m (genitive aquāriī or aquārī); second declension a water carrier the constellations and zodiac sign Aquarius 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “aquarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.