aquaeductus
κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăquaeductus: (ăquae ductus; also ductus ăquae, Vitr. 8, 6: ăquārum ductus, Plin. 16, 42, 81, § 224; Vitr. 8, 6, 3; and ductus ăquārum, Suet. Claud. 20), ūs, m.,
I a conveyance of water, an aqueduct, a conduit (cf.: (Appius) aquam in urbem duxit, Liv. 9, 29): De aquae ductu probe fecisti, Cic. Att. 13, 6: usque ad Collem aquae ductūs, Vulg. 2 Reg. 2, 24: fecitque aquae ductum, ib. 3 Reg. 18, 32; ib. Isa. 7, 3 al.; also, the right of conducting water to some place, Cic. Caecin. 26; cf. Dig. 8, 3, 1. On the aqueducts of Rome, v. Smith, Dict. Antiq., s. v. aquaeductus.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ăquæductŭs, mieux ăquæ ductŭs, ūs, m., aqueduc : Cic. Att. 13, 6
