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1 Echo Springs Water, Inc.

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Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Echo Springs Water, Inc.
2 Mean High Water Springs

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Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Mean High Water Springs
3 Mean Low Water Springs

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Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Mean Low Water Springs
4 high water ordinary springs

Naval: hwos

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > high water ordinary springs
5 πηγή

πηγή, ῆς, ἡ (Hom.+; loanw. in rabb.)

① a source of someth. that gushes out or flows, spring, fountain, flow (on distinction fr. κρηνή ‘artificially constructed fountain’ s. L-S-J-M Suppl.; RWycherly, ClR 51, ’37, 2f; Renehan ’75, 164f)

ⓐ ordinarily of water spring, fountain Js 3:11, 12 v.l.; Hs 9, 1, 8; 9, 25, 1. (αἱ) πηγαὶ (τῶν) ὑδάτων ( the) springs of water (cp. Lev 11:36; Num 33:9; 3 Km 18:5; Jdth 7:7; Ps 17:16; Jos., Ant. 2, 294; Just., A I, 64, 1) Rv 8:10; 14:7; 16:4. ἀέναοι πηγαί everflowing springs 1 Cl 20:10 (ἀέναος 1). As typical of sinners πηγαὶ ἄνυδροι (s. ἄνυδρος) 2 Pt 2:17. Of a specific source, well (called φρέαρ in J 4:11f; cp. Mod. Gk. πηγάδι=‘well’.—WHutton, ET 57, ’45/46, 27) π. τοῦ Ἰακώβ, at the foot of Mt Gerizim (on the location of Jacob’s well s. Dalman, Orte³ 226ff) J 4:6a; cp. vs. 6b (Paus. 8, 23, 4 ὀλίγον ὑπὲρ τ. πόλιν π. ἐστιν καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ π. …).

ⓑ of blood ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς (Lev 12:7) Mk 5:29 (Alex. Aphr., An. p. 40, 2 Bruns πηγὴ τ. αἵματος. Cp. πηγὴ δακρύων: Soph., Ant. 803; Chariton 1, 3, 6; 2, 3, 6; 6, 7, 10; Achilles Tat. 7, 4, 6).

ⓒ Quite symbolic (s. Hdb. exc. on J 4:14 and cp. Dio Chrys. 15 [32], 15 τὸ σῷζον [ὕδωρ] ἄνωθέν ποθεν ἐκ δαιμονίου τινὸς πηγῆς κάτεισι. In schol. on Pla. 611c ἀθάνατος πηγή is a spring whose water bestows immortality) is its usage in some NT pass.: ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς ζωῆς the spring of the water of life Rv 21:6; in the pl. ζωῆς πηγαὶ ὑδάτων 7:17; πηγὴ ὕδατος ἁλλομένου εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον a spring of water welling up for eternal life J 4:14 (Essenes apply this figure to the Torah, e.g. CD 6:4; also s. Hdb. ad loc.).

② the place of origin or the cause of a full abundance of someth., fountainhead, fig. ext. of 1 (Pind. et al; Epict. 3, 1, 18 Apollo as πηγὴ τῆς ἀληθείας [πηγὴ ἀληθ. also in Himerius, Or. 48=Or. 14, 35; Maximus Tyr. 12, 6c; 13, 9c; Philo, Mos. 1, 84); πηγὴ ζωῆς source of life (Pr 10:11; 13:14; 14:27) of God B 11:2 (Jer 2:13 and 17:13; cp. Ps 35:10); cp. B 1:3 Funk; s. πλούσιος 2.—B. 44. DELG. M-M. TW.

Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > πηγή
6 mbwoji

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[Swahili Word] mbwoji

[Swahili Plural] mibwoji

[English Word] fountain

[English Plural] fountains

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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[Swahili Word] mbwoji

[Swahili Plural] mibwoji

[English Word] spout

[English Plural] spouts

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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[Swahili Word] mbwoji

[Swahili Plural] mibwoji

[English Word] spring of water

[English Plural] springs of water

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 3/4

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Swahili-english dictionary > mbwoji
7 проточный

flowing, running

проточная вода — running water

проточный пруд — pond fed by springs, running-water pond ( formed by a dam)

Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > проточный
8 проточный

flowing, running

прото́чная вода́ — running water

прото́чный пруд — pond fed by springs, running-water pond ( formed by a dam)

Новый большой русско-английский словарь > проточный
9 warm

warm

I 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord〉

1 [met hoge temperatuur] warm, hot

♦voorbeelden:

1   warme bronnen • hot/thermal springs

     warm water • hot water

     warm eten • hot meal

     het warm hebben • be warm/hot

     ik kreeg het er warm van • 〈 figuurlijk〉 it got me in a cold sweat; 〈 letterlijk〉 it made me hot

     iets warm maken • heat something; 〈 opwarmen〉 heat up something

     niet warm of koud van iets worden • blow neither hot nor cold, be quite indifferent to something

     het begon (lekker) warm te worden in de kamer • the room was warming up

     iets warms • something warm/hot (to eat/drink)

¶   je bent warm! • you are (getting) warm/hot!

     iets warm houden • 〈 figuurlijk〉 keep something to the fore, keep something alive; 〈 letterlijk〉 keep something warm/hot

II 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord, bijwoord〉

1 [de warmte vasthoudend] warm

2 [hartelijk, vurig] warm ⇒ warm-hearted, ardent

3 [geestdriftig] warmed up ⇒ enthusiastic

4 [aangenaam] warm ⇒ pleasant

♦voorbeelden:

1   een warme jas • a warm coat

2   in warme bewoordingen • warmly

     iemand zijn warme dank betuigen • express one's heartfelt thanks to someone

     een warm voorstander van iets zijn • be an ardent/a fervent supporter of something

     iemand iets warm aanbevelen • recommend something warmly to someone

3   warm lopen voor iets • feel enthusiasm for something

     iemand voor iets warm maken • rouse someone's interest in something

4   een warme stem • a warm/pleasant voice

     warm van toon • in a warm/pleasant tone

Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > warm
10 agua termal

• hot spot

• hot springs

• spring water

• thermal transfer printer

• thermic

Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > agua termal
11 Simbruinus

Simbrŭvĭum, ii, n., a district in Latium, abounding in hills and springs of water, Sil. 8, 371.—Hence, Simbrŭīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Simbruvium:
colles,
Tac. A. 11, 13:
stagna,
id. ib. 14, 22.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Simbruinus
12 Simbruvium

Simbrŭvĭum, ii, n., a district in Latium, abounding in hills and springs of water, Sil. 8, 371.—Hence, Simbrŭīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Simbruvium:
colles,
Tac. A. 11, 13:
stagna,
id. ib. 14, 22.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Simbruvium
13 ἄνυδρος

ἄνυδρος, ον (s. ὕδωρ; since Hes., Fgm. 24 Rz.; Eur., Hdt.; OGI 199, 21; POxy 918 II, 10; LXX; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 277) waterless, dry, τόποι ἄ. waterless places (Plut., Lucull. 516 [36, 3]; Ps.-Callisth. 2, 9, 1; cp. Pr 9:12c; Is 44:3; Jos., C. Ap. 2, 25) as the abode of hostile spirits (cp. Is 13:21; Bar 4:35; Rv 18:2) Mt 12:43; Lk 11:24. Fig. πηγαὶ ἄ. springs without water of sinners 2 Pt 2:17. νεφέλαι ἄ. (cp. Pr 25:14 Hebr.; Vergil, Georg. 3, 197 arida nubila) clouds that yield no rain Jd 12.—Subst. ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ καὶ τῇ ἀνύδρῳ in the waterless desert AcPl Ha 8, 16.—M-M.

Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία > ἄνυδρος
14 ++dobhar

water, Irish dobhar, Early Irish dobur, Welsh dwfr, Cornish dofer, Breton dour, Gaulish dubrum, *dubro-n, *dub-ro-, root dub, deep, as in domhain, q.v. Cf. Lithuanian dumblas, mire, Lettic dubli (do.); Lithuanian duburys, a place with springs, dumbury/s; Ger tümpel, a deep place in flowing or standing water. Hence dobharchu ("water-dog") and dobhran, the otter.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language > ++dobhar
15 воды (геогр.)
1. water (geographic)
воды (геогр.)
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EN

water (geographic)
The liquid that forms streams, lakes, and seas, and issues from the ground in springs. (Source: WEBSTE)
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Тематики
- охрана окружающей среды
EN
- water (geographic)
DE
- Gewässer
FR
- eaux (géographie)
Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > воды (геогр.)
16 agua

f.

1 water.

agua del grifo tap water

agua con hielo iced water

agua de lavanda lavender water

aguas menores urine

agua mineral (sin gas/con gas) (still/sparkling) mineral water

agua oxigenada hydrogen peroxide

agua potable drinking water

aguas residuales sewage

agua salada salt water

aguas termales thermal spring waters

aguas territoriales territorial waters

agua de colonia eau de cologne

agua corriente running water

agua destilada distilled water

agua dulce fresh water

agua embotellada bottled water

2 slope.

un tejado de dos aguas a ridged roof

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: aguar.

imperat.

2^nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: aguar.

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agua

(Takes el in singular)

► nombre femenino

1 water

■ echarse al agua to dive in

2 (lluvia) rain

3 ARQUITECTURA slope of a roof

■ tejado a dos aguas pitched roof

► nombre femenino plural aguas

1 (del mar, río) waters

■ aguas arriba upstream

2 (de brillante) water sing, sparkle sing

\

FRASEOLOGÍA

claro como el agua crystal clear

como agua de mayo a godsend

como dos gotas de agua like two peas in a pod

estar con el agua al cuello figurado to be up to one's neck in it

estar entre dos aguas to sit on the fence

hacérsele la boca agua a uno figurado to make one's mouth water

hacerse una cosa agua en la boca to melt in one's mouth

nunca digas de esta agua no beberé never say never

romper aguas to break waters

agua bendita holy water

agua corriente running water

agua de colonia (eau de) cologne

agua de lluvia rainwater

agua de mar seawater

agua del grifo tap water

agua dulce fresh water

agua mineral con gas sparkling mineral water

agua mineral sin gas still mineral water

agua oxigenada hydrogen peroxide

agua potable drinking water

agua salada salt water

aguas jurisdiccionales territorial waters

aguas menores familiar pee sing

aguas residuales sewage sing

aguas termales thermal springs

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noun f.

water

- agua corriente
- agua dulce
- agua mineral
- agua oxigenada
- aguas residuales
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SF

1) [para beber, lavar] water

lavar en agua fría — wash in cold water

dame agua — give me a drink of water

un motor refrigerado por agua — a water-cooled engine

dos aguas con gas y una sin gas, por favor — two sparkling mineral waters and one still one, please

ha sido un invierno de mucha agua — it's been a very wet winter, we've had a lot of rain this winter

¡hombre al agua! — man overboard!

• lanzar un barco al agua — to launch a boat

• caer agua — to rain

hace falta que caiga mucha agua — we need a lot of rain

cayó agua a mares — it poured down

• echarse al agua — (lit) to dive in; (fig) to take the plunge

• ¡agua va! — look out!, careful!

sin decir agua va — without (any) warning

- bailar el agua a algn

- bañarse en agua de rosas

hacérsele la boca agua a algn Esp, hacérsele agua la boca a algn LAm —

se me hace la boca agua solo de pensar en la sopa — just thinking about the soup makes my mouth water, my mouth is watering just thinking about the soup

se le hace la boca agua de pensar en los beneficios — he's drooling at the thought of the profit he'll make

- quedar en agua de borrajas

- cambiar el agua al canario o a las aceitunas

- coger agua en cesto

- como agua para chocolate

- estar con el agua al cuello

- ¿me da para mis aguas?

- echar a algn al agua

- gastar el dinero como agua

como agua de mayo Esp —

esperan la privatización como agua de mayo — they are eagerly awaiting privatization

la noticia fue recibida como agua de mayo en los mercados financieros — the news was welcomed with open arms on the financial markets

este dinero nos viene como agua de mayo — this money is a godsend, this money couldn't have come at a better time

- llevar el agua a su molino

- mear agua bendita

- es agua pasada

- pescar en agua turbia

- sacar agua de las piedras

- de primera agua

- ser como el agua por San Juan

- agua que no has de beber déjala correr

- nunca digas de esta agua no beberé

- de las aguas mansas me libre Dios

- agua pasada no mueve molino

- lo que por agua viene, por agua se va

agua bendita — holy water

agua blanda — soft water

agua corriente — running water

agua (de) cuba — Chile bleach

agua de cebada — barley water

agua de colonia — eau de cologne

agua de espliego — lavender water

agua de fregar — dishwater

agua de fuego — firewater

agua de fusión de la nieve — meltwater

agua de lavanda — lavender water

agua del grifo — tap water

agua de lluvia — rainwater

agua de mar — sea water

agua de rosas — rosewater

agua de seltz — seltzer, soda (water), seltzer water (EEUU)

agua destilada — distilled water

agua dulce — fresh water

un pez de agua dulce — a freshwater fish

agua dura — hard water

agua fuerte — nitric acid solution

agua Jane — ® Uru bleach

agua mineral — mineral water

agua mineral con gas — sparkling mineral water

agua mineral sin gas — still mineral water

agua nieve — sleet

cayó agua nieve — it was sleeting

agua oxigenada — hydrogen peroxide

agua (de) panela — Col, Ven hot lemon

agua perra — Chile boiled water ( drunk for its cleansing properties)

agua pesada — heavy water

agua potable — drinking water

agua salada — salt water

un pez de agua salada — a saltwater fish

agua tónica — tonic water
claro, grabado, vía
2) CAm, And (=gaseosa) fizzy drink, soda (EEUU); (=infusión) herbal tea

agua de manzanilla — camomile tea

3) CAm (=zumo) juice

agua de pera — pear juice

4) pl aguas [de mar, río] waters; [de la marea] tide sing

las frías aguas del Atlántico — the cold waters of the Atlantic

Dios creó las aguas — God created the seas and the oceans

• aguas abajo — downstream, downriver

• aguas arriba — upstream, upriver

• hacer aguas — [barco] to take in water; [explicación, teoría] to be full of holes, not to hold water; [relación, organización, proyecto] to founder

nuestro mercado interno hacía agua — our domestic market was foundering o in trouble

• romper aguas, rompió aguas camino del hospital — her waters broke on the way to the hospital

• tomar las aguas — to take the waters

- estar o nadar entre dos aguas

volver las aguas a su cauce —

las aguas están volviendo a su cauce — things are returning to normal

aguas amnióticas — amniotic fluid sing

aguas de consumo — drinking water sing

aguas de escorrentía — run-off water sing

aguas de pantoque — bilge water sing

aguas fecales — sewage sing

aguas internacionales — international waters

aguas jurisdiccionales — territorial waters

aguas litorales — coastal waters

aguas llenas — high tide sing

aguas mayores — euf faeces sing frm, feces sing (EEUU) frm

hacer aguas mayores — to have a bowel movement

aguas menores — euf urine sing

hacer aguas menores — to pass water

aguas muertas — neap tide sing

aguas negras, aguas residuales, aguas servidas — Cono Sur sewage sing

aguas subterráneas — groundwater sing

aguas superficiales — surface water sing

aguas termales — thermal springs

aguas territoriales — territorial waters

5) pl aguas (=ondulación)

a) [de piedra preciosa] veins

la malaquita tenía unas aguas blancas — the malachite had white veins in it

un papel azul haciendo aguas — a blue paper with a marbled design

b) [de tejado] pitch, slope

cubrir aguas — to put the roof on, top out

tejado a dos aguas — gabled roof

tejado a cuatro aguas — hipped roof

6) pl aguas (=destello) sparkle sing

el diamante tenía unas aguas preciosas — the diamond sparkled beautifully, the diamond had a wonderful sparkle

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femenino‡

1) water

agua de lluvia/mar — rainwater/seawater

bailarle el agua a alguien — ( adularlo) (Esp fam) to suck up to somebody (colloq)

cambiarle el agua a las aceitunas or al canario — (fam & hum) to take o have a leak (colloq & hum)

como agua para chocolate — (Méx fam) furious

estar con el agua al cuello — to be up to one's neck

estar más claro que el agua — to be (patently) obvious

hacer agua — embarcación to take in water; negocio/institución to founder

hacérsele agua la boca a alguien — (AmL)

se me hizo agua la boca — it made my mouth water

ha corrido or pasado mucha agua bajo el puente — a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then

llevar el agua a su molino — to turn things to one's advantage

lo que por agua viene, por agua se va — (Col) easy come, easy go

más claro, échale or echarle agua — it's obvious

quedar en agua de borrajas — to come to nothing

ser agua pasada — to be a thing of the past

sin decir agua va — without so much as a by-your-leave

venirle a alguien como agua de mayo — (Esp) to come just at the right moment

agua pasada no mueve molino — it's no use crying over spilt milk

agua que no has de beber déjala correr — if you're not interested, don't spoil things for me/for other people

nunca digas de esta agua no beberé — you never know when the same thing might happen to you

- agua bendita

- agua corriente/destilada

- agua de colonia

- agua de rosas

- agua dulce

- agua mineral

- agua oxigenada

- agua potable/salada

- aguas negras

- agua tónica or quina

2) ( lluvia) rain

- agua nieve

3) (AmC, Andes)

a) (fam) ( bebida gaseosa) soda (AmE), fizzy drink (BrE)

b) ( infusión) herb tea (AmE), herbal tea (BrE)

agua de menta — mint tea

4) aguas femenino plural

a) (de mar, río) waters (pl)

estar or nadar entre dos aguas — to sit on the fence

los votantes que están entre dos aguas — the undecided voters

volver las aguas a su cauce: una vez que las aguas vuelvan a su cauce — once things settle down o return to normal

b) (de balneario, manantial) waters (pl)

tomar las aguas — to take the waters

- aguas jurisdiccionales/territoriales

- aguas termales

5) aguas femenino plural (Fisiol) tb

aguas amnióticas — amniotic fluid

rompió aguas — her waters broke

- aguas mayores

- aguas menores

6) aguas femenino plural ( vertientes) slope

tejado a dos aguas — gable o apex o saddle roof

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= water.

Ex. We are thus concerned with a virtually limitless number of concepts - building, book, reading, colour, sea, water, summer, England, 1066 AD - any concepts you like.

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* abastecimiento de agua = water supply.

* absorción del agua = water absorption.

* achicar agua = bale out + water, bail + water.

* a cuatro aguas = hipped.

* aerobics en el agua = water aerobics.

* agua + arrastrar = wash away.

* agua bendita = holy water.

* agua caliente = hot water.

* agua con gas = carbonated water.

* agua con jabón = soapy water.

* agua corriente = running water.

* agua de colonia = eau de cologne.

* agua del grifo = tap water.

* agua de lluvia = rain water.

* agua del mar = sea-water [seawater].

* agua de manantial = spring water.

* agua de mojado = fountain solution.

* agua de riego = irrigation water.

* agua destilada = distilled water.

* agua dulce = freshwater [fresh water].

* agua embotellada = bottled water.

* agua en botella = bottled water.

* agua estancada = stagnant backwater, backwater, stagnant water.

* agua fría = cold water.

* agua helada = ice water.

* agua hirviendo = boiling water.

* agua jabonosa = soapy water.

* agua limpia de impurezas = purified water.

* agua + llevar = wash away.

* agua marina = sea-water [seawater].

* agua mineral = mineral water, spring water.

* agua normal = still water.

* agua oxigenada = hydrogen peroxide.

* agua poco profunda = shallow water.

* agua potable = drinking water.

* agua purificada = purified water.

* aguas abajo = downstream.

* agua salada = salt water [saltwater].

* agua salobre = salt water [saltwater].

* aguas arriba = upstream.

* aguas bravas = whitewater, turbulent waters.

* aguas costeras = coastal waters.

* agua sin gas = still water.

* aguas internacionales = international waters.

* aguas jurisdiccionales = territorial waters, jurisdictional waters.

* aguas litorales = coastal waters.

* aguas mansas = still waters.

* aguas negras = waste water [wastewater], sewage, sewerage.

* aguas poco profundas = shallows.

* aguas polares = polar waters.

* aguas rápidas = whitewater, turbulent waters.

* aguas residuales = sewage, waste water [wastewater], liquid waste, sewerage.

* aguas residuales sin tratar = raw sewage, raw waste water.

* aguas revueltas = rip, rip tide.

* aguas sucias = foul water.

* aguas templadas = temperate waters.

* aguas termales = thermal springs.

* aguas territoriales = territorial waters, territorial waters, home waters.

* aguas tranquilas = still waters.

* aguas turbias = muddy waters.

* aguas turbulentas = rip tide, turbulent waters.

* agua subterránea = groundwater.

* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.

* ahogarse en un vaso de agua = make + a mountain out of a molehill, get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing.

* al agua = water-based, overboard.

* bajo agua = undersea, underwater.

* baños de agua caliente = hot springs.

* barril con agua de beber = scuttlebutt.

* bomba de agua = water pump.

* bomba de agua caliente = heat-pump.

* brazo de agua = inlet.

* calentador de agua = water heater.

* cama de agua = waterbed [water bed].

* cambiarle el agua al canario = pee, take + a leak, have + a leak.

* cañón de agua = water cannon.

* caudal de agua = volume of water.

* caudal de agua o superficie acuática = body of water.

* causado por el agua = water-related.

* cloración del agua = water chlorination.

* cocodrilo de agua salada = saltie.

* colchón de agua = waterbed [water bed].

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* compañía suministradora de agua = water authority, water board, water company.

* con el agua al cuello = in hot water.

* con el agua hasta el cuello = in deep water.

* conservar agua = conserve + water.

* contador del agua = water meter.

* contaminación del agua = water pollution.

* contaminación de las aguas subterráneas = groundwater pollution, groundwater contamination.

* con tejado a dos aguas = gabled.

* corriente de agua = water body [waterbody].

* cortar el agua = cut off + the water.

* cuando el río, suena agua lleva = there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire.

* curso de agua = water body [waterbody].

* daño causado por el agua = water damage.

* dar agua = lose + water, leak.

* de agua = water-based.

* de aguas profundas = deep-sea.

* dejar el agua correr = let bygones be bygones.

* depósito de agua elevado = water tower.

* descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.

* deslizarse sobre el agua = aquaplane.

* detector de agua = water detector.

* diluir con agua = dilute with + water.

* empleado de la compañía suministradora de agua = water board engineer.

* escape de agua = water leakage, water leak.

* escasez de agua = water shortage.

* factura de electricidad, agua o gas = utility bill.

* falta de agua = water shortage.

* falto de agua = waterless.

* flor que echa un chorro de agua = squirting flower.

* fuente de agua = drinking fountain, water fountain, bubbler.

* fuga de agua = water leakage, water leak.

* gato escaldado del agua fría huye = once bitten, twice shy.

* gestión de aguas = water management.

* hacer agua = Negativo + hold + water.

* hacer agua(s) = spring + a leak.

* hacerse la boca agua = make + Posesivo + mouth water.

* hervidora eléctrica de agua = electric kettle.

* hervidor de agua = kettle.

* hervir agua = boil + water.

* hilo de agua = trickle.

* impulsado por el agua = water-powered.

* jarro de agua fría = slap in the face.

* lavar con agua = rinse off.

* lavar con agua abudante = sluice.

* limpiar con agua = wash away.

* línea de agua, la = water line, the.

* llave de paso del agua = water valve.

* llevarse el gato al agua = steal + the show, steal + the limelight, the nod + go to.

* manta de agua = downpour, rainstorm, pelting rain, soaking rain.

* marca de agua = watermark.

* marcas de agua = watermarking.

* marcas de agua digitales = digital watermarking.

* más claro el agua = as clear as a bell.

* más claro que el agua = as clear as a bell.

* molino de agua = water mill.

* nadar entre dos aguas = sit on + the fence, fall between + two stools.

* nivel del agua = water level.

* nivel máximo del agua = high-water mark.

* nivel mínimo del agua = low-water mark.

* orilla del agua = water's edge.

* pecina de las aguas residuales = sewage sludge.

* perder agua = lose + water, leak.

* pez de agua dulce = freshwater fish.

* pila del agua bendita = holy water font.

* pintura al agua = gouache, water-based paint.

* planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales = sewage plant, sewage treatment plant.

* que da agua = leaking, leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup].

* que el agua disuelve = water-fugitive.

* que hace la boca agua = mouth-watering.

* que no absorbe el agua o la humedad = non-hygroscopic.

* que pierde agua = leaking, leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup].

* red de agua potable = water mains.

* red de agua potable, la = mains, the.

* red de suministro de agua potable, la = water mains, mains, the.

* reservas de agua subterránea = groundwater reservoir.

* resistente al agua = water resistant.

* restricciones de agua = water restrictions.

* ron con agua = grog.

* salto de agua = waterfall, fall.

* seda formando aguas = watered silk.

* sentirse como pez en el agua = take to + Nombre + like ducks to water.

* ser una raya en el agua = be good for nothing.

* sin agua = waterless.

* sistema de abastecimiento de agua = waterworks.

* sistema de circulación del agua = water circulation system.

* sistema de extinción de incendios mediante rociadores de agua = water sprinkler fire extinguishing system.

* sistema de rociadores de agua = sprinkler system, water sprinkler system.

* tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.

* tejado a cuatro aguas = hip roof, hipped roof.

* tetera para hervir agua = kettle.

* tortuga de agua dulce = terrapin.

* transmitido por el agua = waterborne.

* transportado por el agua = waterborne.

* tratamiento de aguas residuales = sewage treatment, sewage disposal, waste water treatment.

* tratamiento del agua = water treatment.

* tromba de agua = pelting rain, downpour, waterspout, soaking rain.

* una tormenta en un vaso de agua = a tempest in a teapot.

* vapor de agua = water vapour.

* volumen de agua = volume of water.

* * *

femenino‡

1) water

agua de lluvia/mar — rainwater/seawater

bailarle el agua a alguien — ( adularlo) (Esp fam) to suck up to somebody (colloq)

cambiarle el agua a las aceitunas or al canario — (fam & hum) to take o have a leak (colloq & hum)

como agua para chocolate — (Méx fam) furious

estar con el agua al cuello — to be up to one's neck

estar más claro que el agua — to be (patently) obvious

hacer agua — embarcación to take in water; negocio/institución to founder

hacérsele agua la boca a alguien — (AmL)

se me hizo agua la boca — it made my mouth water

ha corrido or pasado mucha agua bajo el puente — a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then

llevar el agua a su molino — to turn things to one's advantage

lo que por agua viene, por agua se va — (Col) easy come, easy go

más claro, échale or echarle agua — it's obvious

quedar en agua de borrajas — to come to nothing

ser agua pasada — to be a thing of the past

sin decir agua va — without so much as a by-your-leave

venirle a alguien como agua de mayo — (Esp) to come just at the right moment

agua pasada no mueve molino — it's no use crying over spilt milk

agua que no has de beber déjala correr — if you're not interested, don't spoil things for me/for other people

nunca digas de esta agua no beberé — you never know when the same thing might happen to you

- agua bendita

- agua corriente/destilada

- agua de colonia

- agua de rosas

- agua dulce

- agua mineral

- agua oxigenada

- agua potable/salada

- aguas negras

- agua tónica or quina

2) ( lluvia) rain

- agua nieve

3) (AmC, Andes)

a) (fam) ( bebida gaseosa) soda (AmE), fizzy drink (BrE)

b) ( infusión) herb tea (AmE), herbal tea (BrE)

agua de menta — mint tea

4) aguas femenino plural

a) (de mar, río) waters (pl)

estar or nadar entre dos aguas — to sit on the fence

los votantes que están entre dos aguas — the undecided voters

volver las aguas a su cauce: una vez que las aguas vuelvan a su cauce — once things settle down o return to normal

b) (de balneario, manantial) waters (pl)

tomar las aguas — to take the waters

- aguas jurisdiccionales/territoriales

- aguas termales

5) aguas femenino plural (Fisiol) tb

aguas amnióticas — amniotic fluid

rompió aguas — her waters broke

- aguas mayores

- aguas menores

6) aguas femenino plural ( vertientes) slope

tejado a dos aguas — gable o apex o saddle roof

* * *

= water.

Ex: We are thus concerned with a virtually limitless number of concepts - building, book, reading, colour, sea, water, summer, England, 1066 AD - any concepts you like.

* abastecimiento de agua = water supply.

* absorción del agua = water absorption.

* achicar agua = bale out + water, bail + water.

* a cuatro aguas = hipped.

* aerobics en el agua = water aerobics.

* agua + arrastrar = wash away.

* agua bendita = holy water.

* agua caliente = hot water.

* agua con gas = carbonated water.

* agua con jabón = soapy water.

* agua corriente = running water.

* agua de colonia = eau de cologne.

* agua del grifo = tap water.

* agua de lluvia = rain water.

* agua del mar = sea-water [seawater].

* agua de manantial = spring water.

* agua de mojado = fountain solution.

* agua de riego = irrigation water.

* agua destilada = distilled water.

* agua dulce = freshwater [fresh water].

* agua embotellada = bottled water.

* agua en botella = bottled water.

* agua estancada = stagnant backwater, backwater, stagnant water.

* agua fría = cold water.

* agua helada = ice water.

* agua hirviendo = boiling water.

* agua jabonosa = soapy water.

* agua limpia de impurezas = purified water.

* agua + llevar = wash away.

* agua marina = sea-water [seawater].

* agua mineral = mineral water, spring water.

* agua normal = still water.

* agua oxigenada = hydrogen peroxide.

* agua poco profunda = shallow water.

* agua potable = drinking water.

* agua purificada = purified water.

* aguas abajo = downstream.

* agua salada = salt water [saltwater].

* agua salobre = salt water [saltwater].

* aguas arriba = upstream.

* aguas bravas = whitewater, turbulent waters.

* aguas costeras = coastal waters.

* agua sin gas = still water.

* aguas internacionales = international waters.

* aguas jurisdiccionales = territorial waters, jurisdictional waters.

* aguas litorales = coastal waters.

* aguas mansas = still waters.

* aguas negras = waste water [wastewater], sewage, sewerage.

* aguas poco profundas = shallows.

* aguas polares = polar waters.

* aguas rápidas = whitewater, turbulent waters.

* aguas residuales = sewage, waste water [wastewater], liquid waste, sewerage.

* aguas residuales sin tratar = raw sewage, raw waste water.

* aguas revueltas = rip, rip tide.

* aguas sucias = foul water.

* aguas templadas = temperate waters.

* aguas termales = thermal springs.

* aguas territoriales = territorial waters, territorial waters, home waters.

* aguas tranquilas = still waters.

* aguas turbias = muddy waters.

* aguas turbulentas = rip tide, turbulent waters.

* agua subterránea = groundwater.

* aguas + volver a su cauce = dust + settle.

* ahogarse en un vaso de agua = make + a mountain out of a molehill, get + worked up about nothing, fret about + nothing.

* al agua = water-based, overboard.

* bajo agua = undersea, underwater.

* baños de agua caliente = hot springs.

* barril con agua de beber = scuttlebutt.

* bomba de agua = water pump.

* bomba de agua caliente = heat-pump.

* brazo de agua = inlet.

* calentador de agua = water heater.

* cama de agua = waterbed [water bed].

* cambiarle el agua al canario = pee, take + a leak, have + a leak.

* cañón de agua = water cannon.

* caudal de agua = volume of water.

* caudal de agua o superficie acuática = body of water.

* causado por el agua = water-related.

* cloración del agua = water chlorination.

* cocodrilo de agua salada = saltie.

* colchón de agua = waterbed [water bed].

* como dos gotas de agua = as alike as two peas in a pod, like two peas in a pod.

* como pez fuera del agua = like a fish out of water.

* compañía suministradora de agua = water authority, water board, water company.

* con el agua al cuello = in hot water.

* con el agua hasta el cuello = in deep water.

* conservar agua = conserve + water.

* contador del agua = water meter.

* contaminación del agua = water pollution.

* contaminación de las aguas subterráneas = groundwater pollution, groundwater contamination.

* con tejado a dos aguas = gabled.

* corriente de agua = water body [waterbody].

* cortar el agua = cut off + the water.

* cuando el río, suena agua lleva = there's no smoke without fire, where there's smoke there's fire.

* curso de agua = water body [waterbody].

* daño causado por el agua = water damage.

* dar agua = lose + water, leak.

* de agua = water-based.

* de aguas profundas = deep-sea.

* dejar el agua correr = let bygones be bygones.

* depósito de agua elevado = water tower.

* descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.

* deslizarse sobre el agua = aquaplane.

* detector de agua = water detector.

* diluir con agua = dilute with + water.

* empleado de la compañía suministradora de agua = water board engineer.

* escape de agua = water leakage, water leak.

* escasez de agua = water shortage.

* factura de electricidad, agua o gas = utility bill.

* falta de agua = water shortage.

* falto de agua = waterless.

* flor que echa un chorro de agua = squirting flower.

* fuente de agua = drinking fountain, water fountain, bubbler.

* fuga de agua = water leakage, water leak.

* gato escaldado del agua fría huye = once bitten, twice shy.

* gestión de aguas = water management.

* hacer agua = Negativo + hold + water.

* hacer agua(s) = spring + a leak.

* hacerse la boca agua = make + Posesivo + mouth water.

* hervidora eléctrica de agua = electric kettle.

* hervidor de agua = kettle.

* hervir agua = boil + water.

* hilo de agua = trickle.

* impulsado por el agua = water-powered.

* jarro de agua fría = slap in the face.

* lavar con agua = rinse off.

* lavar con agua abudante = sluice.

* limpiar con agua = wash away.

* línea de agua, la = water line, the.

* llave de paso del agua = water valve.

* llevarse el gato al agua = steal + the show, steal + the limelight, the nod + go to.

* manta de agua = downpour, rainstorm, pelting rain, soaking rain.

* marca de agua = watermark.

* marcas de agua = watermarking.

* marcas de agua digitales = digital watermarking.

* más claro el agua = as clear as a bell.

* más claro que el agua = as clear as a bell.

* molino de agua = water mill.

* nadar entre dos aguas = sit on + the fence, fall between + two stools.

* nivel del agua = water level.

* nivel máximo del agua = high-water mark.

* nivel mínimo del agua = low-water mark.

* orilla del agua = water's edge.

* pecina de las aguas residuales = sewage sludge.

* perder agua = lose + water, leak.

* pez de agua dulce = freshwater fish.

* pila del agua bendita = holy water font.

* pintura al agua = gouache, water-based paint.

* planta de tratamiento de aguas residuales = sewage plant, sewage treatment plant.

* que da agua = leaking, leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup].

* que el agua disuelve = water-fugitive.

* que hace la boca agua = mouth-watering.

* que no absorbe el agua o la humedad = non-hygroscopic.

* que pierde agua = leaking, leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup].

* red de agua potable = water mains.

* red de agua potable, la = mains, the.

* red de suministro de agua potable, la = water mains, mains, the.

* reservas de agua subterránea = groundwater reservoir.

* resistente al agua = water resistant.

* restricciones de agua = water restrictions.

* ron con agua = grog.

* salto de agua = waterfall, fall.

* seda formando aguas = watered silk.

* sentirse como pez en el agua = take to + Nombre + like ducks to water.

* ser una raya en el agua = be good for nothing.

* sin agua = waterless.

* sistema de abastecimiento de agua = waterworks.

* sistema de circulación del agua = water circulation system.

* sistema de extinción de incendios mediante rociadores de agua = water sprinkler fire extinguishing system.

* sistema de rociadores de agua = sprinkler system, water sprinkler system.

* tan claro como el agua = as clear as a bell.

* tejado a cuatro aguas = hip roof, hipped roof.

* tetera para hervir agua = kettle.

* tortuga de agua dulce = terrapin.

* transmitido por el agua = waterborne.

* transportado por el agua = waterborne.

* tratamiento de aguas residuales = sewage treatment, sewage disposal, waste water treatment.

* tratamiento del agua = water treatment.

* tromba de agua = pelting rain, downpour, waterspout, soaking rain.

* una tormenta en un vaso de agua = a tempest in a teapot.

* vapor de agua = water vapour.

* volumen de agua = volume of water.

* * *

agua

f‡

A water

esta agua no es potable this isn't drinking water

agua de la llave or ( Esp) del grifo or ( RPl) de la canilla or ( Per) del caño or (AmC, Ven) del chorro tap water

agua de lluvia rainwater

agua de mar seawater

nos han cortado el agua our water's been cut off

bailarle el agua a algn ( Esp fam) (adularlo) to suck up to sb ( colloq); ( Méx fam) (coquetearle) to give sb the come-on ( colloq)

cambiarle el agua a las aceitunas or al canario ( fam hum); to take o have a leak ( colloq hum)

como agua para chocolate ( Méx fam); furious

de primera agua ( Chi): una noticia de primera agua firsthand news

lo supo de primera agua he got it straight from the horse's mouth

echar a algn al agua ( Chi fam); to blow the whistle on sb ( colloq)

estar con el agua al cuello (en un aprieto) to be up to one's neck in problems ( colloq) (muy apurado) to be up to one's eyes in work

estar más claro que el agua to be as plain as day, be (patently) obvious, be as plain as the nose on your face ( colloq)

no pienso hacerle más favores, eso está más claro que el agua I'm not doing him any more favors, that's for sure

hacer agua «embarcación» to take in water;

«negocio/institución» to founder

la teoría hace agua por todos lados the theory doesn't hold water at all, the theory has a lot of flaws

boca f A 2. (↑ boca)

ha corrido or pasado mucha agua bajo el puente a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then

llevar el agua a su molino to turn things to one's advantage

lo que por agua viene, por agua se va ( Col); easy come, easy go

más claro, échale or echarle agua it's as plain as day, it's obvious, it's as plain as the nose on your face ( colloq)

quedar en agua de borrajas to come to nothing

había interés pero todo quedó en agua de borrajas there was some interest but nothing came of it o but it all came to nothing

sacar agua de las piedras to make something out of nothing

ser agua pasada: olvídalo, ya es agua pasada forget it, that's water under the bridge

su amor por él ya es agua pasada her love for him is a thing of the past

sin decir agua va without so much as a by-your-leave

venirle a algn como agua de mayo ( Esp): este dinero me viene como agua de mayo this money is a real godsend o has come just at the right moment

agua pasada no mueve molino it's no use crying over spilt milk

agua que no has de beber déjala correr if you're not interested, don't spoil things for me/for other people

algo tendrá el agua cuando la bendicen (refiriéndose a una persona) there must be something about him/her; (refiriéndose a una cosa) there must be something in it

del agua mansa líbreme Dios que de la brava me libro yo still waters run deep

nunca digas de esta agua no beberé you never know when the same thing might happen to you

Compuestos:

● agua bendita

holy water

● agua blanda

soft water

● agua corriente

running water

● agua de cebada

barley water

● agua de colonia

eau de cologne

● agua (de) cuba

( Chi) bleach

● agua de escorrentía

run-off rainwater

● agua de espliego or de lavanda

lavender water

● agua de lluvia

rain water

● agua de mar

sea water

● agua (de) panela

( Col) drink made with hot water and unrefined sugar

● agua de rosas

rosewater

● agua de Seltz

soda (water), seltzer (water) ( AmE)

● agua destilada

distilled water

● agua dulce

fresh water

un pescado de agua dulce a freshwater fish

● agua dura

hard water

● agua fuerte

aqua fortis, nitric acid

● agua Jane®

(Ur) bleach

● agua mineral

mineral water

agua mineral con gas sparkling o carbonated mineral water, fizzy water ( BrE)

agua mineral sin gas still mineral water

● agua oxigenada

peroxide, hydrogen peroxide ( tech)

● agua perra

( Chi fam) boiled water ( drunk for health reasons)

● agua pesada

heavy water

● agua potable

drinking water

● agua regia

aqua regia

● agua salada

salt water

● aguas bautismales

fpl baptismal waters

● aguas negras

fpl sewage

● aguas pluviales

fpl rainwater

● aguas residuales

fpl sewage

● aguas servidas

fpl (CS) sewage

● agua tónica

tonic water

B (lluvia) rain

Compuesto:

agua nieve

sleet

C (AmC, Andes)

1 ( fam) (bebida gaseosa) soda ( AmE), pop ( AmE), fizzy drink ( BrE)

2 (infusión) tea, infusion ( frml)

tómate un agüita para el dolor de estómago have an herb ( AmE) o ( BrE) herbal tea for your stomachache

se tomó un agua de menta she had a cup of mint tea

D aguas fpl

1 (mares) waters (pl); (de un río) waters (pl)

los derechos de pesca en estas aguas fishing rights in these waters

la zona bañada por las aguas del Nilo the area through which the waters of the Nile flow

estar or nadar entre dos aguas to sit on the fence

los últimos esfuerzos para atraer a los votantes que están entre dos aguas the last-minute efforts to pick up the votes of those who are still undecided

volver las aguas a su cauce: una vez que las aguas vuelvan a su cauce hablaremos del asunto we'll talk the matter over once things settle down o return to normal

2 (de balneario, manantial) waters (pl)

tomar las aguas to take the waters

Compuestos:

● aguas jurisdiccionales

fpl territorial waters (pl)

● aguas litorales

fpl coastal waters

● aguas subterráneas

fpl ground water

● aguas superficiales

fpl surface water

● aguas termales

fpl thermal waters (pl)

● aguas territoriales

fpl territorial waters (pl)

E aguas fpl

(reflejos): una tela brillante y con aguas a shiny, watered fabric

un topacio con hermosas aguas a sparkling topaz

F aguas fpl ( Fisiol)

tb aguas amnióticas amniotic fluid

rompió aguas her waters broke

Compuestos:

● aguas mayores

( euf)

fpl: hacer aguas mayores to defecate ( frml), to move one's bowels ( euph)

● aguas menores

( euf)

fpl: hacer aguas menores to urinate ( frml), to pass water ( euph), to relieve oneself ( euph)

G aguas fpl (vertientes) slope

tejado a dos aguas gable o apex o saddle roof

cubrir aguas to put the roof on

* * *

Del verbo aguar: ( conjugate aguar)

agua es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
agua
aguar
agua feminine noun taking masculine article in the singular
1 water;
◊ agua de lluvia/mar rainwater/seawater;

agua corriente/destilada running/distilled water;
agua de colonia eau de cologne;
agua dulce fresh water;
agua mineral mineral water;
agua mineral con gas/sin gas sparkling/still mineral water;
agua oxigenada peroxide, hydrogen peroxide (tech);
agua potable/salada drinking/salt water;
como agua para chocolate (Méx fam) furious;
estar con el agua al cuello to be up to one's neck;
estar más claro que el agua to be (patently) obvious;
hacérsele agua la boca a algn (AmL): se me hizo agua la boca it made my mouth water;
ser agua pasada to be a thing of the past;
agua que no has de beber déjala correr if you're not interested, don't spoil things for me/for other people;
nunca digas de esta agua no beberé you never know when the same thing might happen to you
2 ( lluvia) rain
3 (AmC, Andes) ( infusión) herb tea (AmE), herbal tea (BrE);
◊ agua de menta mint tea

4
◊ aguas sustantivo femenino plural

a) (de mar, río) waters (pl)

b) (de balneario, manantial) waters (pl);

◊ tomar las aguas to take the waters;

◊ aguas termales thermal waters (pl)

aguar ( conjugate aguar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹leche/vino› to water down

b) (fam) ( estropear) to put a damper on (colloq)

aguarse verbo pronominal (fam) to be spoiled
agua sustantivo femenino water
agua bendita, holy water
agua corriente, running water
agua dulce, fresh water
agua mineral, mineral water
agua oxigenada, hydrogen peroxide
agua potable, drinking water
agua salada, salt water
aguas jurisdiccionales, territorial waters
aguas residuales, sewage sing
♦ Locuciones: figurado estar con el a. al cuello, to be up to one's neck in it
aguar verbo transitivo
1 to water down
2 (frustar, estropear) to spoil
♦ Locuciones: figurado aguar la fiesta a alguien, to spoil sb's fun
' agua' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abastecimiento
- achicar
- acometida
- acrecentar
- actuar
- aguatera
- aguatero
- ahogarse
- ajo
- apercibirse
- badén
- bailar
- bañar
- barro
- bautizar
- boca
- bomba
- bombear
- borraja
- bota
- brote
- buscar
- caída
- caliza
- calizo
- cangrejo
- chorro
- cobrador
- cobradora
- colonia
- columna
- concienciar
- conducción
- confluir
- consistente
- corriente
- corte
- dar
- depurar
- dimanar
- dulce
- echar
- empañar
- enchufar
- enturbiar
- escorrentía
- escurrirse
- estancar
- estancada
- estancado
English:
bitten
- board
- bob
- boil
- bring
- canteen
- churn
- clear
- coastguard
- cologne
- come up to
- conserve
- contaminate
- crystal-clear
- cut off
- dam
- dam up
- deluge
- dilute
- disconnect
- dishwater
- distil
- distill
- dive
- drain
- dredge up
- drinking
- eau de Cologne
- edge
- element
- emulsion paint
- escape
- expanse
- fizzy
- flounder
- font
- forced
- foul
- fresh
- freshwater
- geyser
- glass
- glassy
- godsend
- gush
- hard
- heave
- hot-water bottle
- ice over
- ice up

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agua

♦ nf Takes the masculine articles el and un

1. [líquido] water

Comp
agua de azahar = drink made with orange blossom, used as a mild sedative;
aguas bautismales baptismal waters;

agua bendita holy water;

agua blanda soft water;
RP agua de la canilla tap water;
agua de coco coconut milk;

agua de colonia eau de Cologne;

agua corriente running water;

agua destilada distilled water;

agua dulce fresh water;

agua dura hard water;

agua embotellada bottled water;
Méx aguas frescas fresh fruit drinks;
agua fuerte nitric acid;

agua del grifo tap water;
Chile, Col, Méx agua de la llave tap water;
agua de lluvia rainwater;
Euf aguas mayores faeces;
agua medicinal water with medicinal properties;
Euf aguas menores urine;
agua de mesa bottled water, table water;
Fam Dep agua milagrosa ≈ magic sponge;
agua mineral mineral water;
Cuba [agua con gas] sparkling mineral water;
agua mineral con gas sparkling mineral water;

agua mineral sin gas still mineral water;
Cuba agua natural still mineral water;
aguas negras sewage;

agua nieve sleet;

está cayendo agua nieve it's sleeting;

agua de nieve melt-water;

agua oxigenada hydrogen peroxide;

agua pesada heavy water;

agua pluvial rainwater;

agua potable drinking water;
Quím agua regia aqua regia;
aguas residuales sewage;

agua de rosas rose-water;

agua salada salt water;

agua salobre salt water;

agua de Seltz Seltzer (water);
Am aguas servidas sewage;
agua subterránea groundwater;

aguas superficiales surface water;

agua tónica tonic water;
Esp agua de Valencia = cocktail of champagne, orange juice and Cointreau
2.
aguas [de río, mar] waters;

aguas arriba/abajo upstream/downstream

Comp
aguas bravas white water;
aguas continentales inland o continental waters;

aguas costeras coastal waters;

aguas jurisdiccionales territorial waters;

aguas territoriales territorial waters

3. [lluvia] rain;

ha caído mucha agua there has been a lot of rain

4. [grieta en barco] leak;

hacer agua [barca] to leak;
[negocio] to go under;
este negocio hace agua por todas partes this firm is on the point of going under

5. [manantial]
aguas waters, spring;

tomar las aguas to take the waters

Comp
aguas termales thermal o hot springs
6. [vertiente de tejado] slope;

un tejado de dos aguas a ridged roof;

cubrir aguas to put the roof on

7. Med
aguas waters;

ha roto aguas her waters have broken

8.
aguas [en diamante, tela] water

9. Perú Fam [dinero] dough

10. Comp
Fam
¡al agua, patos! [en piscina] in you jump!;
Fam
bailarle el agua a alguien to lick sb's boots;
Fam
cambiar el agua al canario to take a leak;

claro como el agua as clear as day;

más claro, agua nothing can be clearer than that;
Méx Fam
como agua para chocolate hopping mad, fizzing;

echar agua al mar to carry coals to Newcastle;

entre dos aguas in doubt, undecided;

estar con el agua al cuello to be up to one's neck (in it);

hacerse agua en la boca to melt in one's mouth;

se me hace la boca agua it makes my mouth water;

se me hizo la boca agua al ver el pastel when I saw the cake, my mouth started watering;

nadar entre dos aguas to sit on the fence;

quedar en agua de borrajas to come to nothing;

eso es agua pasada that's water under the bridge o US over the dam;

sacar agua de las piedras to make something out of nothing;

sin decir agua va ni agua viene suddenly, unexpectedly;

venir como agua de mayo to be a godsend;

las aguas volvieron a su cauce things got back to normal;

Prov

no digas nunca de esta agua no beberé you should never say never;

Prov

agua pasada no mueve molino it's no use crying over spilt milk

♦ interj
Méx Fam
¡aguas! look o watch out!, careful!

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agua

f

1 water;

claro como el agua obvious, as plain as day;

como agua de mayo a godsend;

te ha estado esperando como agua de mayo he’s been longing to see you;

es agua pasada it’s water under the bridge;

está con el agua al cuello fig

con problemas he’s up to his neck in problems fam ; con deudas he’s up to his neck in debt fam ;

ha corrido mucha agua a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then;

estar como agua para el chocolate Méx fam be fuming, be hopping mad fam ;

hacer agua MAR take in water, have a leak;

pasado por agua huevo soft-boiled; ( muy lluvioso) very wet;

llevar agua al mar be a waste of time, Br tb carry coals to Newcastle;

se me hace la boca agua it makes my mouth water

2

:

aguas pl waters;

aguas abajo dowstream;

aguas arriba upstream;

hacer aguas mayores defecate, move one’s bowels;

hacer aguas menores urinate, pass water;

las aguas vuelven a su cauce fig things are getting back to normal;

estar entre dos aguas para satisfacer a otros be caught in the middle;

rompió aguas her waters broke;

tomar las aguas take the waters

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agua nf

1) : water

2)

agua oxigenada : hydrogen peroxide

3)

aguas negras or aguas residuales : sewage

4)

como agua para chocolate Mex fam : furious

5)

echar aguas Mex fam : to keep an eye out, to be on the lookout

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agua n water

estar con el agua al cuello to be in up to your neck in it

más claro que el agua crystal clear

ser agua pasada to be water under the bridge

agua con gas sparkling water

agua corriente running water

agua del grifo tap water

agua dulce fresh water

agua mineral mineral water

agua potable drinking water

agua salada salt water

agua sin gas still water

aguas residuales sewage

Spanish-English dictionary > agua
17 aqua

ăqua, ae (ACVA, Inscr. Grut. 593, 5; gen. aquāï, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 71; 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 Mess-api-oi and gê Api-a, and the Lat. Apuli, Apiola; prob. ultimately con. with Sanscr. ācus = swift, ācer, and ôkus, 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; 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.—
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 [p. 148] Varr. L. L. 5, 9, 18): aquam et terram petere, of an enemy (like gên kai hudôr aitein), 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. 1, 6, 70 sq. —
b.
In aquā scribere = kath hudatos graphein, 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:
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. Hudôr:
hae tenues stellae perhibentur nomine Aquāī,
Cic. Arat. 179 (as translation of tous pantas kaleousin Hudôr); v. Orell. ad h. l.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aqua
18 Aquae Apollinares

ăqua, ae (ACVA, Inscr. Grut. 593, 5; gen. aquāï, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 71; 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 Mess-api-oi and gê Api-a, and the Lat. Apuli, Apiola; prob. ultimately con. with Sanscr. ācus = swift, ācer, and ôkus, 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; 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.—
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 [p. 148] Varr. L. L. 5, 9, 18): aquam et terram petere, of an enemy (like gên kai hudôr aitein), 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. 1, 6, 70 sq. —
b.
In aquā scribere = kath hudatos graphein, 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:
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. Hudôr:
hae tenues stellae perhibentur nomine Aquāī,
Cic. Arat. 179 (as translation of tous pantas kaleousin Hudôr); v. Orell. ad h. l.

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19 Aquae Aureliae

ăqua, ae (ACVA, Inscr. Grut. 593, 5; gen. aquāï, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 71; 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 Mess-api-oi and gê Api-a, and the Lat. Apuli, Apiola; prob. ultimately con. with Sanscr. ācus = swift, ācer, and ôkus, 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; 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.—
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 [p. 148] Varr. L. L. 5, 9, 18): aquam et terram petere, of an enemy (like gên kai hudôr aitein), 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. 1, 6, 70 sq. —
b.
In aquā scribere = kath hudatos graphein, 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:
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. Hudôr:
hae tenues stellae perhibentur nomine Aquāī,
Cic. Arat. 179 (as translation of tous pantas kaleousin Hudôr); v. Orell. ad h. l.

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20 Aquae Baiae

ăqua, ae (ACVA, Inscr. Grut. 593, 5; gen. aquāï, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 71; 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 Mess-api-oi and gê Api-a, and the Lat. Apuli, Apiola; prob. ultimately con. with Sanscr. ācus = swift, ācer, and ôkus, 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; 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.—
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 [p. 148] Varr. L. L. 5, 9, 18): aquam et terram petere, of an enemy (like gên kai hudôr aitein), 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. 1, 6, 70 sq. —
b.
In aquā scribere = kath hudatos graphein, 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:
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. Hudôr:
hae tenues stellae perhibentur nomine Aquāī,
Cic. Arat. 179 (as translation of tous pantas kaleousin Hudôr); v. Orell. ad h. l.

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