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Webster 1913 Edition
Aquarius
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A-qua′ri-us
,Noun.
(Astron.)
(a)
The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; – so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
(b)
A constellation south of Pegasus.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aquarius
AQUA'RIUS
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Aquarius
Aquarius
See also: aquarius
English
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Proper noun
Aquarius (symbol ♒)
- (astronomy): A constellation of the zodiac, supposedly shaped like a water carrier.
- (astrology): The zodiac sign for the water carrier, ruled by Uranus covering January 21 - February 19 (tropical astrology) or February 15 - March 14 (sidereal astrology).
Derived terms
Terms derived from Aquarius
Related terms
Translations
constellation
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astrological sign
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Noun
Aquarius (plural Aquariuses)
- Someone with an Aquarius star sign
Antonyms
Translations
Someone with a Aquarius star sign
See also
aquarius
aquarius
See also: Aquarius
Latin
Adjective
aquārius m (feminine aquāria, neuter aquārium); first/second declension
- of or pertaining to water
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | aquārius | aquāria | aquārium | aquāriī | aquāriae | aquāria | |
| genitive | aquāriī | aquāriae | aquāriī | aquāriōrum | aquāriārum | aquāriōrum | |
| dative | aquāriō | aquāriō | aquāriīs | ||||
| accusative | aquārium | aquāriam | aquārium | aquāriōs | aquāriās | aquāria | |
| ablative | aquāriō | aquāriā | aquāriō | aquāriīs | |||
| vocative | aquārie | aquāria | aquārium | aquāriī | aquāriae | aquāria | |
Noun
aquārius m (genitive aquāriī); second declension
- a water carrier
- an aqueduct and pipe inspector
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aquārius | aquāriī |
| genitive | aquāriī aquārī1 |
aquāriōrum |
| dative | aquāriō | aquāriīs |
| accusative | aquārium | aquāriōs |
| ablative | aquāriō | aquāriīs |
| vocative | aquārī | aquāriī |
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aquarius”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.