Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Aquaeductus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

AQUAEDUCTUS (ὑδραγωγεῖον). An aqueduct; an artificial channel, frequently of many miles in length, for the purpose of conveying a pure stream of water from its source to any determinate point (Cic. Att. xiii. 6. Frontinus de Aquaeduct.) The illustration (Aquaeductus/1.1) represents a portion of the aqueduct constructed by the emperor Claudius, which is built of travertine stone, and upon a single tier of arches; but some aqueducts conveyed as many as three separate streams in distinct channels, one above another; and others were built with two or three tiers of arches, according to the nature of the sites over which they passed. The channel (specus), through which the water flowed, is seen, uncovered at the top.

• 
  Aquaeductus/1.1