aquilex

Latin

Etymology

From aqua (“water”) +‎ legō (“I gather, collect”) +‎ -s. The Late Latin variant aquilic- was introduced after aquilicium and is to be surface-analyzed as aqua +‎ laciō (“I entice”) +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kʷi.leks/, [ˈäkʷɪɫ̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwi.leks/, [ˈäːkwileks]

Noun

aquilex m (genitive aquilegis or aquilicis); third declension

1. conduit-master, water-inspector

   Synonym: aquilegus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aquilex	aquilegēs aquilicēs
Genitive	aquilegis aquilicis	aquilegum aquilicum
Dative	aquilegī aquilicī	aquilegibus aquilicibus
Accusative	aquilegem aquilicem	aquilegēs aquilicēs
Ablative	aquilege aquilice	aquilegibus aquilicibus
Vocative	aquilex	aquilegēs aquilicēs

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