hydragogia
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑδραγωγία (hudragōgía)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hy.draˈɡoː.ɡi.a/, [hʏd̪räˈɡoːɡiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.draˈɡo.d͡ʒi.a/, [id̪räˈɡɔːd͡ʒiä]
Noun
[edit]hydragōgia f (genitive hydragōgiae); first declension
- aqueduct, canal
- 116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Saturae Menippeae 290.1:
- sēnsūs portae, vēnae hydragōgiae, clovāca intestīnī
- the senses are gates, the veins aqueducts, the intestines the sewer
- sēnsūs portae, vēnae hydragōgiae, clovāca intestīnī
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hydragōgia | hydragōgiae |
Genitive | hydragōgiae | hydragōgiārum |
Dative | hydragōgiae | hydragōgiīs |
Accusative | hydragōgiam | hydragōgiās |
Ablative | hydragōgiā | hydragōgiīs |
Vocative | hydragōgia | hydragōgiae |
References
[edit]- “hydrăgōgĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hy̆drăgōgĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 759.
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