aquatio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăquātĭo, ōnis, f. [aquor].

I A getting or fetching of water : aquationis causā procedere, Caes. B. G. 4, 11; so, Auct. B. Afr. 51; Auct. B. Hisp. 8; Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 102.—

II Concr.

A Watering , water : mutare pabula et aquationes, Col. 7, 5.—Of plants a watering : salices aquationibus adjuvandae, Pall. 4, 17 fin. ; 3, 19 fin.

B Water. rains : ranae multae variaeque per aquationes autumni nascentes, Plin. 32, 7, 24, § 76. —

C A place whence water is brought , a watering-place : hic aquatio, * Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59.

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