water-carrier
WATER-CARRIER
aquarius (general term): aquator (in the army); feminine *mulier aquam ferens.
aquarius (general term): aquator (in the army); feminine *mulier aquam ferens.
water-carrier:
1. ăquārius: a hired w. will come, veniet conductus aquarius, Juv. 6, 332: the W. (one of the signs of the Zodiac ) saddens the waning year, inversum contristat Aquarius annum, Hor. S. 1, 1, 36.
2. ăquātor (in an army): news is brought that the w.s are hard pressed, nuntiatur aquatores premi, Caes. B. C. 1, 73: if fem. *mulier aquam ferens (Kr.).
1. ăquārius: a hired w. will come, veniet conductus aquarius, Juv. 6, 332: the W. (
2. ăquātor (in an army): news is brought that the w.s are hard pressed, nuntiatur aquatores premi, Caes. B. C. 1, 73: if fem. *mulier aquam ferens (Kr.).