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aquatio

aquatio, a watering, obtaining water

ăquātĭo, ōnis, f. [aquor].
  • 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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