aquilex

== Latin == === Etymology === From aqua (“water”) +‎ legō (“to gather, collect”) +‎ -s. The Late Latin variant aquilic- was introduced after aquilicium and is to be surface-analyzed as aqua +‎ laciō (“to entice”) +‎ -s. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.kʷɪ.ɫɛks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.kʷi.leks] === Noun === aquilex m (genitive aquilegis or aquilicis); third declension conduit-master, water-inspector Synonym: aquilegus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === 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