noun · masculinefirst declension
aquifuga
aquifuga m or f (genitive aquifugae)
Classical[aˈkʷɪ.fʊ.ɡa]Ecclesiastical[aˈkʷiː.fu.ɡa]
Meaning
- Late Latinfemininemasculinea hydrophobe
Αliī quoque phobodipson appellant[…]Polybus pheugydron[…]nōs dēnique aquifugam dīcere poterimus. Others use the name φοβόδιψος […] Polybus φεύγυδρος […] In Latin, therefore, we can say aquifuga.
c. 400 CE, Caelius Aurelianus, Celerum passionum libri III 3.9:[http://www.mlat.uzh.ch/MLS/xfromcc.php?tabelle=Caelius_Aurelianus_cps16&rumpfid=Caelius_Aurelianus_cps16,%20Celerum%20passionum%20libri%20III,%20%20%20%20%20p6,%20%20%209&id=Caelius_Aurelianus_cps16,%20Celerum%20passionum%20libri%20III,%20%20%20%20%20p6,%20%20%209,%20%20%20%20%20%207&level=99&level9798=&satz=7&hilite_id=Caelius_Aurelianus_cps16,%20Celerum%20passionum%20libri%20III,%20%20%20%20%20p6,%20%20%209,%20%20%20%20%20%207 Gerhard Benz (ed.), Corpus medicorum latinorum VI 1: Caelii Aureliani celerum passionum libri III, tardarum passionum libri V, Berolini in Aedibus Academiae Scientiarum MCMXC [1990]]
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aquifuga | aquifugae |
| genitive | aquifugae | aquifugārum |
| dative | aquifugae | aquifugīs |
| accusative | aquifugam | aquifugās |
| ablative | aquifugā | aquifugīs |
| vocative | aquifuga | aquifugae |
ăquĭfŭga, ae, comm. aqua-fugio,
I. one fearful of water, med. t., one having hydrophobia, ὑδροφόβος, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 15.
Origins
From aqua (“water”) + fugiō (“to avoid”), a calque of Ancient Greek φεύγυδρος (pheúgudros), which is otherwise unattested.