“water” in Latin

aqua (plur., aquae, of a large volume or mass of water: ☞ latex and lympha or unda are poetical only). Flowing water, aqua viva; flumen vivum: standing or stagnant water, aqua stagnans: fresh (salt) water, aqua dulcis (salsa): to fetch water, aquam petere: aquatum ire: aquari (if in large quantities; e.g., of soldiers for the army): to draw water from a well, aquam e puteo trahere: to draw water (of the sun), aquam colligere: vaporem ex aquis excitare: to convey water in a certain direction, aquam ducere, derivare: an overflow of water (= inundation), magnae aquae: aquae super ripas effusae: to put under water, irrigare (e.g., a field; only poetical if = to inundate): inundare (to overflow, inundate). A place is put entirely under water, locus late restagnat: to throw into the water, in aquam conjicere: to let one’s self down into the water, to swim underneath the water, urinari: that lives in the water, aquatilis: aquaticus: full of water, aquae plenus (i. e., filled up with water): aquosus (abounding in or full of water).

As opposed to land; rivus (a brook): flumen (a river): mare (the sea). By land and water, terra marique: terra et mari: et terra et mari: et mari et terra: mari atque terra: ☞ terra marique most usual, the others only in cases where a peculiar stress is placed on the words; not aqua et terra, which is not Latin. Proverbially. Still waters are deep, altissima quaeque flumina minimo sono labuntur (Curt., 7, 4, 13). To travel by water, navigare: not to venture to travel either by land or by water, neque navigationi neque viae se committere: to send (out) goods by water, merces exportare or evehere: to back water, inhibere (which Cic. thought was only sustinere remos, so that the vessel might stop itself, but found it was alio modo remigrare; ☞ Cic., Att., 13, 21, 4).

Urine, urina: to make water, urinam reddere (Cels.); facere (Col.); vesicam exonerare (Petronius): to draw anybody’s water off, emoliri manu urinam (Cels., 7, 31, 1).

(With jewellers) (With jewellers) brightness or transparency of a gem, splendor.

Waters, plur., (medicinal), aquae salubres, or simply aquae: aquae metallicae (mineral, Plin.); aquae medicatae (Sen.), medicae (Claudius, prepared): to drink the waters, *aquis salubricis uti. Season for taking the waters, *tempus quo aquis (salubribus) uti solent.

Transitively. To moisten or sprinkle with water, rigare (Col.); irrigare aliquid (Cic., e.g., prata, hortulos). To water the streets, humum (or vicos, plateas) conspergendo pulverem sedare.

To dilute, mix with water, (vinum aqua) rigare, miscere, diluere.

To soak in water, aqua macerare aliquid (e.g., carries, pisces).

To give drink (to cattle), adaquare: pecori potionem dare (general term, to set water before cattle): pecus ad aquam ducere: aquatum ducere or agere (to drive or lead cattle to a watering-place).

Intransitively. In the phrase, to make one’s mouth water, movet mihi aliquid salivam (Sen., Ep., 79, 6); stomachum meum aliquid sollicitat (Plin., Ep., 1, 24, 3). To make the eyes water (of smoke, etc.), facit aliquid, ut oculi exstillent: facit aliquid delacrimationem.

To take in water (of a ship), *aqua in navem imposita est.

Watered (of silks, etc.), perhaps we may say *undatus (after Plin. 9, 33, 52).