aquifuga
Latin
Etymology
From aqua (“water”) + fugiō (“to avoid”), a calque of Ancient Greek φεύγυδρος (pheúgudros), which is otherwise unattested.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈkʷi.fu.ɡa/, [äˈkʷɪfʊɡä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈkwi.fu.ɡa/, [äˈkwiːfuɡä]
Noun
aquifuga m or f (genitive aquifugae); first declension
- (Late Latin) a hydrophobe
- Synonyms: pheugydrus, hydrophobus, hydrophobicus
- c. 400 CE, Caelius Aurelianus, Celerum passionum libri III 3.9:Gerhard Benz (ed.), Corpus medicorum latinorum VI 1: Caelii Aureliani celerum passionum libri III, tardarum passionum libri V, Berolini in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum MCMXC [1990]
- Αliī quoque phobodipson appellant […] Polybus pheugydron […] nōs dēnique aquifugam dīcere poterimus.
- Others use the name φοβόδιψος […] Polybus φεύγυδρος […] In Latin, therefore, we can say aquifuga.
- Αliī quoque phobodipson appellant […] Polybus pheugydron […] nōs dēnique aquifugam dīcere poterimus.
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aquifuga | aquifugae |
| Genitive | aquifugae | aquifugārum |
| Dative | aquifugae | aquifugīs |
| Accusative | aquifugam | aquifugās |
| Ablative | aquifugā | aquifugīs |
| Vocative | aquifuga | aquifugae |
References
- “aquifuga” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
- aquifuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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