aqua

Thales aquam dixit esse initium rerum
Thales said that water was the first principle of substances

aqua , ae, f.: water, 1.105, et al.; a stream, river.

ăqua, ae (ACVA, Inscr. Grut. 593, 5; gen. aquāï, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 71 (551); Lucr. 1, 284; 1, 285; 1, 307; 1, 454 et saep.; Verg. A. 7, 464; poët. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 9, 15; Cic. Arat. 179; Prud. Apoth. 702; the dat. aquaï also was used acc. to Charis. p. 538; v. Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 9, 11, 12; pp. 14 sq.; aquae, as trisyl., Lucr. 6, 552 Lachm.), f. [cf. Sanscr. ap = water; Wallach. apa, and Goth. ahva = river; old Germ. Aha; Celt. achi; and the Gr. proper names Μεσσ-άπι-οι and γῆ Ἀπί-α, and the Lat. Apuli, Apiola; prob. ultimately con. with Sanscr. ācus = swift, ācer, and ὠκύς, from the notion of quickly, easily moving. Curtius.].

• • I.A Water, in its most gen. signif. (as an element, rainwater, river-water, sea-water, etc.; in class. Lat. often plur. to denote several streams, springs, in one place or region, and com. plur. in Vulg. O. T. after the Hebrew): aër, aqua, terra, vapores, Quo pacto fiant, Lucr. 1, 567: SI. AQVA. PLVVIA. NOCET, Fragm. of the XII. Tab. ap. Dig. 40, 7, 21; cf. Dirks. Transl. p. 486; so also of titles in the Digg. 39, 3; cf. ib. 43, 20: pluvialis, rain-water, Ov. M. 8, 335, and Sen. Q. N. 3, 1; so, aquae pluviae, Cic. Mur. 9, 22; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 233; Quint. 10, 1, 109 (and pluviae absol., Cic. Att. 15, 16, B; Lucr. 6, 519; Verg. G. 1, 92; Ov. F. 2, 71; Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 227); so, caelestes aquae, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135; Liv. 4, 30, 7; 5, 12, 2; Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14; so, aquae de nubibus, Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 12: aquae nivis, snow-water, ib. Job, 9, 30: fluvialis, river-water, Col. 6, 22; so, aqua fluminis, Vulg. Jer. 2, 18: aquaï fons, Lucr. 5, 602: fons aquae, Vulg. Gen. 24, 13: fontes aquarum, ib. Joel, 1, 20: flumen aquae, Verg. A. 11, 495: fluvius aquae, Vulg. Apoc. 22, 1: rivus aquae, Verg. E. 8, 87: rivi aquarum, Vulg. Isa. 32, 2: torrens aquae, ib. Macc. 5, 40; and plur., ib. Jer. 31, 9: dulcis, fresh-water, Fr. eau douce, Lucr. 6, 890: fons aquae dulcis, Cic. Verr. 4, 118; and plur.: aquae dulces, Verg. G. 4, 61; id. A. 1, 167: marina, sea-water (v. also salsus, amarus), Cic. Att. 1, 16; so, aquae maris, Vulg. Gen. 1, 22; ib. Exod. 15, 19: dulcis et amara aqua, ib. Jac. 3, 11: perennis, never-failing, Liv. 1, 21; and plur.: quo in summo (loco) est aequata agri planities et aquae perennes, Cic. Verr. 4, 107: aqua profluens, running-water, id. Off. 1, 16, 52; so, currentes aquae, Vulg. Isa. 30, 25; so, aqua viva, living-water, Varr. L. L. 5, 26, 35; Vulg. Gen. 26, 19; and plur.: aquae vivae, ib. Num. 19, 17; and in a spiritual sense: aqua viva, ib. Joan. 4, 10; so, vitae, ib. Apoc. 22, 17: aquae viventes, ib. Lev. 14, 5: stagna aquae, standing-water, Prop. 4, 17, 2; and plur., Vulg. Psa. 106, 35; so, stativae aquae, Varr. ap. Non. p. 217, 2: aquae de puteis, well-water, Vulg. Num. 20, 17: aqua de cisternā, cisternwater, ib. 2 Reg. 23, 16; so, aqua cisternae, ib. Isa. 36, 16: aquae pessimae, ib. 4 Reg. 2, 19: aqua recens, Verg. A. 6, 636: turbida, Vulg. Jer. 2, 18: crassa, ib. 2 Macc. 1, 20: munda, ib. Heb. 10, 22: purissima, ib. Ezech. 34, 18: aquae calidae, warm-water, ib. Gen. 36, 24; and absol.: calida, Cato R. R. 156, 3; Plin. 25, 7, 38, § 77; Tac. G. 22; and contr.: calda, Col. 6, 13; Plin. 23, 4, 41, § 83: aqua fervens, boiling-water: aliquem aquā ferventi perfundere, Cic. Verr. 1, 67: aqua frigida, cold-water, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37 (37); Vulg. Prov. 25, 23; ib. Matt. 10, 42; and absol.: frigida, Cels. 1, 5; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11; Quint. 5, 11, 31: aqua decocta, water boiled and then cooled with ice or snow, Mart. 14, 116; and absol.: decocta, Juv. 5, 50; Suet. Ner. 48 al.—
  • B Particular phrases.
  • • 1 Praebere aquam, to invite to a feast, to entertain (with ref. to the use of water at table for washing and drinking), Hor. S. 1, 4, 88 (cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 69).—
    • 2 Aquam aspergere alicui, to give new life or courage, to animate, refresh, revive (the fig. taken from sprinkling one who is in a swoon): ah, adspersisti aquam! Jam rediit animus, Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 15 (366).—
    • 3 Aqua et ignis, to express the most common necessaries of life: non aquā, non igni, ut aiunt, locis pluribus utimur quam amicitiā, Cic. Lael. 6, 22.—Hence aquā et igni interdicere alicui, to deny intercourse or familiarity with one, to exclude from civil society, to banish, Cic. Phil. 1, 9; so the bride, on the day of marriage, received from the bridegroom aqua et ignis, as a symbol of their union: aquā et igni tam interdici solet damnatis quam accipiunt nuptae, videlicet quia hae duae res humanam vitam maxime continent, Paul. ex Fest. p. 3 Müll. (this custom is differently explained in Varr. L. L. 5, 9, 18): aquam et terram petere, of an enemy (like γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν), to demand submission, Liv. 35, 17: aquam ipsos (hostes) terramque poscentium, ut neque fontium haustum nec solitos cibos relinquerent deditis, Curt. 3, 10, 8.— Provv.
    • • a Ex uno puteo similior numquam potis Aqua aquaï sumi quam haec est atque ista hospita, you can't find two peas more like, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 70 (550) sq.—
      • b In aquā scribere = καθʼ ὕδατος γράφειν, to write in water, of something transient, useless: cupido quod dicit amanti, In vento et rapidā scribere oportet aquā, Cat. 70, 4 (cf. Keats’ epitaph on himself: here lies one whose name was writ in water; and the Germ., etwas hinter die Feueresse schreiben).—
• II Water, in a more restricted sense.
• • A The sea: coge, ut ad aquam tibi frumentum Ennenses metiantur, on the sea-coast, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 83: laborum quos ego sum terrā, quos ego passus aquā, Ov. P. 2, 7, 30: findite remigio aquas! id. F. 3, 586.—Trop.: Venimus in portum ... Naviget hinc aliā jam mihi linter aquā, in other waters let my bark now sail (cf. Milton in the Lycidas: To-morrow to fresh woods and pastures new), Ov. F. 2, 864.—
  • B = la. cus, a lake: Albanae aquae deductio, Cic. Div. 1, 44 fin.—
  • C A stream, a river. in Tuscae gurgite mersus aquae, i. e. Albula, Ov. F. 4, 48: alii in aquam caeci ruebant, Liv. 1, 27: sonitus multarum aquarum, of many streams, Vulg. Isa. 17, 12; ib. Apoc. 1, 15; 19, 6: lignum, quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum, along the watercourses, ib. Psa. 1, 3.—
  • D Rain: cornix augur aquae, Hor. C. 3, 17, 12: deūm genitor effusis aethera siccat aquis, Ov. F. 3, 286: multā terra madescit aquā, id. ib. 6, 198: aquae magnae bis eo anno fuerunt, heavy rains, a flood, inundation, Liv. 24, 9; 38, 28.—
  • E In the plur., medicinal springs, waters, baths.
  • • 1 In gen.: ad aquas venire, Cic. Planc. 27, 65; id. Fam. 16, 24, 2: aquae caldae, Varr. L. L. 9, 69, p. 219 Müll.: aquae calidae, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 227: aquae medicatae, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25: aquae Salutiferae, Mart. 5, 1.—Hence,
    • 2 As prop. noun, Waters. Some of the most important were.
    • • a Ăquae Ăpollĭnāres, in Etruria, prob. the Phoebi vada of Mart. 6, 42, 7, now Bagni di Stigliano, Tab. Peut.—
      • b Ăquae Aurēlĭae, in the Black Forest in Germany, now Baden-Baden, Inscr.—
      • c Ăquae Baiae, in Campania, Prop. 1, 11, 30; earlier called Ăquae Cūmānae, Liv. 41, 16.—
      • d Ăquae Călĭdae,
      • • α In Britain, now Bath; also called Ăquae Sōlis, Itin Anton.—
        • β In Zeugitana on the Gulf of Carthage, now Hammam Gurbos, Liv. 30, 24, 9; Tab. Peut.—
        • γ In Gallia, now Vichy on the Allier, Tab. Theod.—
      • e Ăquae Cĭcĕrōnĭānae, at Cicero's villa at Puteoli, Plin. 31, 2, 3, § 6.—
      • f Ăquae Mattĭăcae, among the Mattiaci in Germany, now Wiesbaden, Amm.29, 4, also called Fontes Mattĭăci in Plin. 31, 2, 17, § 20.—
      • g Ăquae Sextĭae, near Massilia, once a famous watering-place, now Aix, Liv. Epit 61; Vell. 1, 15; Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36.—
      • h Ăquae Tauri or Tauri Thermae, in Etruria, now Bagni di Ferrata, Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 52. V. Smith, Dict. Geog., s. v. Aquae.—
• F The water in the water-clock. From the use of this clock in regulating the length of speeches, etc. (cf. clepsydra), arose the tropical phrases,
• • • • • α Aquam dare, to give the advocate time for speaking, Plin. Ep. 6, 2, 7.—
        • β Aquam perdere, to spend time unprofitably, to waste it, Quint. 11, 3, 52.—
        • γ Aqua haeret, the water stops, i.e. I am at a loss, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 117: in hac causā mihi aqua haeret, id. ad Q. Fr. 2, 7.—
• G Aqua intercus, the water under the skin of a dropsical person; hence, as med. t., the dropsy, Plaut. Men. 5, 4, 3 (891): medicamentum ad aquam intercutem dare, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92: decessit morbo aquae intercutis, Suet. Ner. 5; cf. Cels. 2, 8.—Trop.: aquam in animo habere intercutem, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 37, 3.—
• III Aqua, the name of a constellation, Gr. Ὕδωρ: hae tenues stellae perhibentur nomine Aquāī, Cic. Arat. 179 (as translation of τοὺς πάντας καλέουσιν Ὕδωρ); v. Orell. ad h. l.

aqua, ae, f. (vgl. got. ahwa, ahd. aha), das Wasser, I) eig.: A) Wasser in der allgemeinsten Bedeutung des Wortes (Naturelement, Regenwasser, Fluß-, Meerwasser usw.), aër, aqua, terra, vapores, quo pacto fiant, Lucr.: dulcis, dulcior, Cato u. Plin.: pluvia, Cic., od. pluvialis, Ov., od. caelestis, Hor. u. Sen., Regenwasser: fluvialis, Col.: marina, Cic.: viva, fließendes Wasser, Varr. LL.: putealis, Brunnenwasser, Suet. fr.: cisternina, Sen.: salsa, Col. u. Aur. Vict.: aqua profluens (fließendes), Cic. u. Liv.: aqua fervida, Liv.: aqua ferme genus tenus alta, Liv.: aquam foras! vinum intro! Petr.: ferre aquam pedibus, dare aquam manibus, Plaut.: os aquā implere, W. in den M. nehmen, Sen.: aquam in os suum non coniciet, Petr.: visne aquam tibi petam? Plaut.: aquam velim, Plaut.: aquam petere sacris, Liv.: aquam ad restinguendum ferre, Liv. – Plur. (s. Neue-Wagener Formenl.³ Bd. 1. S. 605), vapor aquarum, Cic.: magnitudo aquarum, Liv.: aquae dulces, marinae, Cic.: aquae longae, Wasserstrahlen, Ov.: aquae caelestes, Regenwasser, Liv.: aquae magnae bis eo anno fuerunt, Liv.: aquae ingentes, Liv.: tanta tempestas cooritur, ut numquam illis locis maiores aquas fuisse constaret, Caes.: hae permanserunt aquae (Hochwasser) dies complures, Caes. – Besondere, meist sprichw. Redensarten: a) aspergere alci aquam, Mut einflößen, neu beleben, eig. mit frischem Wasser besprengen (einen Ohnmächtigen), Plaut. truc. 366. – b) aquam praebere (zum Mischen des Weins bei Tische), zu Tische laden, bewirten, Hor. sat. 1, 4, 88. – c) aqua et ignis, für die wichtigsten Lebensbedürfnisse, non aquā, non igni, ut aiunt, locis pluribus utimur, quam amicitiā, Cic. de amic. 22: u. so erhält die Braut am Vermählungstage aqua et ignis als Symbol ihrer Vereinigung, Paul. ex Fest. 2, 15 (anders erklärt bei Varr. LL. 5, 61). – Dah. die Redensarten: α) aquā et igni interdicere alci, Cic., Caes. u.a., od. aquā et igni alqm arcere, Tac., die Gemeinschaft mit jmd. aufheben, ihn aus der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft stoßen, ihn verbannen; vgl. Ruperti Tac. ann. 3, 86, 2. – β) aquam terramque petere ab alqo od. poscere, γῆν καὶ ὕδωρ αἰτεῖν (eine persische Sitte), vom Feinde Unterwerfung fordern, Liv. 35, 17, 7. Curt. 3, 10 (25), 8. – d) sed aqua haeret, ut aiunt, da hapert es (= die Sache findet Schwierigkeiten, gerät ins Stocken), Cic. de off. 3, 117: in hac causa mihi aqua haeret, Cic. ad Q. fr. 2, 8 (6), 2. – e) in aqua scribere, etwas im Wasser, wo es sofort vergeht, ausschreiben, unser »hinter die Feueresse schreiben«, Catull. 70, 3. – f) aquas in mare fundere, Wasser ins Meer tragen, Ov. trist. 5, 6, 44. – B) Wasser im engern Sinne: 1) für Gewässer, a) = Meer, ad aquam, an der Meeresküste, Cic.: labores, quos ego sum terrā, quos ego passus aquā, Ov.: übtr., naviget hinc aliā iam mihi linter aquā, ein neues Buch mag nun in See stechen, Ov. – b) = See (lacus), Albanae aquae deductio, Cic. – c) = Fluß, in aquam caeci ruebant, Liv.: secundā aquā, stromabwärts, Liv. – 2) für Regen, aquae augur cornix, Hor.: aquarum agmen, Regenguß, Verg. – 3) Plur. aquae, a) Quellen, aquarum abundantia, Eutr.: aquae dulces, Verg. – b) Heilquelle, Gesundbrunnen, warme Bäder, aquae calidae, Liv.: aquae medicatae, Plin.: aquarum salubrium usus, Tac.: ad aquas venire, Cic. – Dah. als nom. propr. (vgl. unser: Altwasser, Salzbrunn usw.), Aquae Albulae, Calidae, Cumanae, Mattiacae, Septem, Sextiae, Statiellae u.a., s. calidus, Cumanus (unter Cumae), Mattiacus usw. – 4) für Wasserleitung, aqua Claudia, Crabra u. dgl., s. Claudius etc.: aqua promissa, Vell.: aquam perducere (v. Appius), Liv. epit.: aquam in urbem ducere, Liv.: aquam ducere non longe a villa, Cic. – 5) das Wasser in der Wasseruhr. Von dem Gebrauch dieser Uhr bei den Vorträgen (vgl. clepsydra) entstanden die bildl. u. sprichw. Ausdrücke: α) aquam dare, Redezeit gestatten, Plin. ep. 6, 2, 7. – β) aquam perdere, die Zeit unnütz hinbringen. Quint. 11, 3, 52. – 6) aqua intercus, s. inter-cus. – 7) das Wasser in den Augen, d.i. die Tränen, illius ex oculis multa cadebat aqua, Prop. 3, 6, 10. – II) übtr., Aqua, das Wasser, ein Gestirn, griech. Ὕδωρ, Cic. Arat. 179. – ➳ Archaist. Genet. aquai, Plaut. Poen. 432. Lucr. 1, 283 u. ö. Cic. poët. de div. 1, 15 u. 2, 63. Verg. Aen. 7, 464. Prud. apoth. 702. – Gegen die Diärese aqüa s. Ritschl opusc. 2, 604 ff.

aqua [CL] 1 (sg. or pl.) water. b (as element). c river, stream, (stretch of) running water. d sea or tidal water. e watering-place. in cumulum salsarum fluxus aquarum / concrevit Aldh. VirgV 823; ultimam vitae aetatem pane cibario et frigida ~a sustentat Bede HE V 12; estate ‥ ~a marina salsior est quam hieme Adel. QN 51; ~e salse diligenti depuratione dulces redduntur Neckam NR II 1; cisterna non habet ~am perpetuam nec ~am vivam Bracton 233; 1290 emit smeltes ‥ et alios pisces ~e rescentis Leet Norw. 34 (cf. ib. 80: pisces ~e †dulce); 1453 per ~as salsas vel recentes RScot 360a; 1403 propter destruccionem molendini ‥ per tempestatem aquarum Ac. Durh. 216; ~am ipsi [Angli] nonbibunt, nisi qui ob devocionis et penitencie zelum aliquando ab aliis abstinent Fortescue LLA 36.  b homo quatuor elementis constat, id est igne, aere, ~a et terra Egb. Dial. 16; omne corpus visibile quattuor partibus constare ‥ ex igne videlicet, aere, terra et ~a Eriug. Per. 487C; non dubito omnem hanc mundi molem ‥ constare ex terra et ~a et aere et igne Anselm (Mon. 7) I 21.  c Elge undique est ~is ac paludibus circumdata Bede HE IV 19; 779 (12c) mariscem pertinentem ad aridam et ad ~ae ripam CS 228; c1070 manerium suum de A. ‥ cum omnibus suis pertinentibus, in bosco et piano, ~is et ~arum decursibus Regesta 120; fecit quandam domum super ~am regis DB I 1; totam terram quae jacebat trans ~am quae De vocatur DB I 283b; c1143 totam decimam ‥ de his piscatoriis ~is de H. E. Ch. Scot. 154; adolescens ‥ ad molendinum ‥ ~e tractu perlatus Grim Thom. 9; c1250 ibidem sunt tria molendina ad ~am Cart. Rams. I 486; s1262 ~a Thamisie tota pertinet de rivo ad rivum ad civitatem usque ad Newe Were Leg. Ant. Lond. 52; 1276 per mediam †atr [MS: aquam] de Wheye Hund. II 228; c1290 alio capite abuttante super ~am currentem Carte Nativ. 369; jus ~e ducende Fleta 266; 1315 cum ~is refluentibus in eisdem molendinariis RGasc IV 1454; 1346 juxta ripam cujusdam ~e periculose ‥ et profunde (Lit. confessoris regis) Ad. Mur. 213 (cf. Avesb. 105b: sur une river qe feust mal a passer); 1363 pro decima de ‥ temporalibus infra ~as [Tyne & Tees] Ac. Durh. 178; 1402 ~am Thamisie modo guerrino de cetero intrare magis timeant (Pat) Foed. VIII 271.  d s1326 rex ‥ venit ‥ ad Strogoyl ‥ et posuit se in ~am cum ‥ valde paucis Ad. Mur. 47; 1400 ballivus ~e maritime de Bristoll’ Cl 245 m. 16; turres inter quas ~a influit et refluit Elmh. Hen. V 18; 1445 tenemento ‥ in Gravesende ‥ situato inter ‥ regiam stratam ‥ et bassam ~am Thamisie Cl 295 m. 18d..  e c1300 pertinet ad istum mariscum et terram una ~a pro averiis ‥ adaquandis DCCant. Register/J 79. 2 (eccl.): a water of baptism. b holy water. c water used in ordeal. a didicit se ~a baptismatis non esse regeneratum Bede HE III 23; licet illud baptisma vetus ‥ in ~a fuerit Anselm (Azym. 4) II 228; Domine Deus ‥, qui baptismum in ~a fieri jussisti (Jud. Dei) GAS 423; num ‥ liceat in cocta ~a ‥ aliquem baptizare Beleth RDO 110. 115; terra sancte ecclesie fundata est super ~as baptismales Neckam NR II 49; ~a lustrationis non tantum fuit significativa delationis culpe, sed spiritus etiam Hales Qu. 877; baptizatur aqua; set aquam baptizat Garl. Epith. IX 497; Christus ‥ ~am et sanguinem ‥ affluere ‥ permisit, ~am in lavacrum, sanguinem in redempcionem Brinton Serm. 8 p. 25.  b 601 ~a benedicta fiat, in eisdem fanis aspergatur (Lit. Papae) Bede HE I 30; ~a benedicta domus suas aspergent quotiens voluerint qui habitent in eis Theod. Pen. II i 11; aecclesiae ‥ ~a exorcizata aspergantur Ib. ix 2; monachi ‥ benedicte ~e aspergine prestigias inimici effugarunt W. Malm. GR IV 323; ~a lustrali, quam benedictam vocant, aspergat Beleth RDO 2. 16; ~a benedicta est visibilis forma significativa invisibilis gratie, quia significat interiorem ablutionem Hales Qu. app. 1479; sunt et alii ‥ qui ‥ nec ~a nec exorcismis arcentur Gerv. Tilb. I 18; 1243 in qualibet ecclesia [sit] ‥ unum vas ad ~am benedictam Conc. Syn. 296; c1230 volumus ut scolares ferant ~am benedictam per villas rurales si sint qui postulent et indigeant Ib. 211; a1256 dabunt beneficium ~e benedicte clerico pauperi scolari Ib. 514; 1397 Henricus ‥, quum venit ad ecclesiam, perturbat divinum officium, ‥ recusat ~am benedictam Vis. Heref. II 452; 1421 lavacrum pro ~a benedicta EEC 478; 1514 sanctum crisma et oleum, ~am Gregorianam Eng. Clergy 199.  c si quis judicium ferri vel ~e vadiaverit [AS: gif hwa ordales weddige], accedat ‥ ad presbiterum qui debet sanctificare eum (Quad.) GAS 163; si ~a sit [gif hit ponne wæter sy], calefiat donec excitetur ad bullitum Ib. 386; 1134 concedimus ‥ monachis ‥ omnes regias libertates, murdrum, ‥ ~am et ignem (Ch. Bec) EHR XXIV 211; 1166 si aliquis fuerit captus, qui fuerit saisitus de ‥ latrocinio, ‥ eat ad ~am (Ass. Clarendon) R. Howd. II 250; 1166 debet x m. soca de A. pro homine quem posuerunt ad ~am sine serviente regis Pipe 49; 1168 de catallis fugitivorum et eorum qui perierunt ad ~am Pipe 90; 1176 si ‥ retatus fuerit, quamvis ad ~am mundus fuerit, ‥ a regno exeat (Ass. Northampt.) R. Howd. II 89; judicio ~e adjudicatus est, ne quoquo modo evadere posset W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 3; adverte ‥ hic usualiter nuncupari ‥ judicia ‥ leges candentis ferri vel ~e Dial. Scac. II 7A; tenetur se purgare accusatus [de mahemio] per Dei judicium, sc. per calidum ferrum vel per ~am, ‥ per ~am si fuerit rusticus Glanv. XIV 1; 1198 purgent se ~a et igne CurR RC I 204; 1201 purgent se masculi per ~am SelPlCrown 3; 1219 abbas dominus eorum ‥ fecit eos ire ad ~am in curia sua CurR VIII 42. 3 (? bibl. allegory) sorrow, learning, people. 14‥ hec ~a, A. sorow, ‥ lernyng, ‥ folke: ‘est aqua qua fruimur doctrina, dolor, populusque’ WW; a sorow, ‥ mesticia, ~a, ‥ techynge, doctrina, ~a, ‥ pepille, ~a, gens, ‥ populus CathA. 4 water flavoured w. juice or sim., decoction. b (w. ardens) distilled fluid, spirit. c (w. vite) alcohol, brandy or whisky, (?) also mercury vapour (alch.). 1188 Saladinus ‥ fecit templum Domini ~a rosata ‥ lavari (Lit. Praeceptoris Templi) G. Hen. II II 41; utrum [sacramentum] ‥ in clareto ‥ vel ~a vinata confici valeat, questio est Gir. GE I 8; ~a †vitis Gilb. III 132. 2 (cf. (v. 4c infra)); intingatur in ~a sanguinis draconis Gad. 52 v. 2; ~a ordei, i. ptisana SB 11; embrocatio dicitur cum membrum ponitur in ~a calida sive simplici sive decoccionis herbarum Ib. 19; stemento, i. pura ~a fabarum Alph. 168; 1380 unam †vergentam zinzibiris facti cum ~a limonis (Cl) Foed. VII 233; 1436 unum puff argenti pro ~a rosarum spargenda Test. Ebor. II 15.  b ~e vite, i. de distillacione vini vel ~e ardentis Gad. 39. 2; alembicum, i. vas distillatorium in quo fit ~a rosacea et ~a ardens et hujusmodi Alph. 6; 1390 magistro W. Cook pro ~a ardente Ac. H. Derby 60.  c terantur simul cum ~a vite, cujus proprium est dissolvere omnes res alias Bacon NM 550; alii accipiunt 4 elementa, que vocantur ~a vite et humor aereus et virtus ignea et calx Id. Tert. sup. 88; ~a vite gubernat et dealbat omne corpus, vertens totum in suum colorem; ille namque fumus albus est Dastin Ros. 14; ~a vite simplex fit de vino forti per viam distillacionis in alembico cum lignis salicis vel serpentaria Gad. 66. v. 2; 1439 in precio ‥ trium lagenarum ~e vite, precii lagene iiij s. KR Ac 503/7 m. 1 (cf. Bodleian Quarterly Rev. VI 197–200); 1469 in reparacione ‥ stillatorii pro ~a vite stillanda Ac. Durh. 280; ~a vite simplex hoc modo debet fieri: accipe vinum electum ‥ et pone in olla et claude os olle ‥ (RBOssory 62b) RB Ossory HMC 254; utuntur pro panchresto medicamine ignito quodam vino ‥ quod communiter ~a vitae dicitur Stanihurst Hib. 38. 5 (alch.) mercury, acid, alkaline, or other fluid (often s. dub). riga cum ~a fetida Rob. Angl. (I) Alch. 518a (cf. LC: ~a foetida est ~a mercurii); metallorum ~a, ut ferri, arsenici, vitrioli, calcis et virideramini, corodit et frangit calibem (M. Scot Part.) Med. Sci. 295; solvitur in spiritum, id est in ~am mineralem Correct. Alch. 11; ~a philosophorum, ex qua viva fiunt elementa Ib. (cf. LC: ~a philosophica nominatur quibusdam acetum sublimatum, aliis vinum circulatum, aliis ~a perennis); virtus mercurii cum ~a viscosa fumum sulphureum commiscens vivum efficit argentum Gros. 6; quidam [liquores] ex venis terre hauriuntur ut ~a salmantina, †vitrosa [l. nitrosa], aluminosa Bart. Angl. XIX 49 (cf. LC: ~a salmatina est de sale facta); ex potatione ~e solis [‘potable gold’] purissimi Bacon IX 133; calcem ~is alkali et aliis ~is acutis purifica Id. NM 545; jubeo ~am vivam coagulare, corpore suo miscere et coquere quousque exsiccetur Dastin Ros. 14; quando crudum est, vocatur argentum †virum [l. vivum], ~a permanens, plumbum, sputum lune, stannum ‥ Ib. 4 (cf. LC: ~a permanens ‥ dicitur etiam ~a coelestina et mercurius philosophorum); ~a nigra fit de calce viva et auripigmento rubeo simul in ~a temperatis Gad. 134 v. 2; funde desuper ~e fortis vel ~e maris ‥ lib. viij Ib. 40 1; recipe libram unam salis petre et tantundem vitrioli Romani et extrahe ~am fortem ‥ et dissolve eum [mercurium] in illa ~a forti super cineres calidos in amphora vitri clausa Cutcl. CL op. 2 (cf. LC: ~a fortis est quae ex acribus et corrosivis ‥ violentis ignibus distillatur ‥).

1 ăqua, (6) æ, f. ¶ 1 eau : Cic. Nat. 1, 19, etc. || pl., aquæ perennes Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 107, des eaux intarissables ¶ 2 eau de rivière : Sall. J. 75, 6 ; Liv. 1, 27, 11, etc. || aqua Albana Cic. Div. 2, 69, lac dʼAlbe || la mer : Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 86 ; Fam. 12, 15, 2 || eau de pluie : Cic. de Or. 3, 180, etc. || [au pl.] eaux thermales, eaux pour les baigneurs, etc. : ad aquas venire Cic. Planc. 65, venir aux eaux, cf. Att. 14, 12, 2 || Aqua Cic. Arat. 34, 179, Eau [constellation] || aqua intercus, v. intercus ¶ 3 [expressions] : præbere aquam Hor. S. 1, 4, 88, offrir lʼeau pour les ablutions avant le repas, [dʼoù] inviter qqn || aquam dare Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 2, 7, fixer le temps de parole à un avocat [clepsydre] ; aquam perdere Quint. 11, 3, 52, mal employer son temps de parole || mihi aqua hæret Cic. Q. 2, 6, 2, je suis dans lʼembarras, cf. Off. 3, 117 || aqua et igni interdicere, v. interdico || aquam et terram ab aliquo petere Liv. 35, 17, 7, demander lʼeau et la terre = demander la soumission de lʼennemi, cf. Curt. 3, 10, 8.

➳ gén. arch. aquāī Pl. ; Lucr. 1, 283, etc. ; Virg. En. 7, 464 || aqüæ (tris.) Lucr. 6, 552 ; aqüai (4 syll.) Lucr. 6, 1072.

aqua , ae. f.
水。— viva 流出之水。活水。— benedicta 聖水。— intercus 蠱服。— haeret 難言。 Aquam perdit 徒勞。Aqua et igni interdictus 充軍者。— coelestis 雨水。Aquam et terram petere 下戰書。Aquam aspergere 加胆于人。— egelida 凉水。— ferraria 淬鉄之水。Aquam a pumice postulare 緣木求魚。Aquam servam bibere 當奴。

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aqua ae (poet. also aquāī, V.), f

• 3 AC-, water: aquae pluviae, rain-water: gelida: pluvialis, O.: aquae fons: deterrima, most unwholesome, H.: perennis, L.: fervens, boiling: in aquam ruere, into the river, L.: aquae ductus, an aqueduct: aquae iter, the right of way for water: medicamentum ad aquam intercutem, against dropsy. — Esp., in phrases: qui praebet aquam, the host, H.: unctam convivis praebere aquam, greasy water, H.: aqua et ignis, i. e. the necessarie of life; hence, alicui aquā et igni interdici, to be excluded from civil society, be banished. — Meton., the sea: ad aquam, on the coast: naviget aliā linter aquā, i. e. treat other themes, O.— A brook. ad aquam, Cs.—Rain: cornix augur aquae, H.: aquae magnae bis eo anno fuerunt, L.—Plur, waters, a watering-place, baths: ad aquas venire, i. e. to Baiae.—A water-clock: ex aquā mensurae, measures(of time) by the water-clock, Cs.—Prov.: aqua haeret, i. e. there is a hitch, I am at a loss.

Aqua

See Aquae Ductus.