Translingual

Aquila rapax, the tawny eagle

Etymology

From Latin aquila ‎(“eagle”).

Proper noun

Aquila f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae. Circumscription and placement of the genus will depend on taxonomic point of view.

   The eagles belong to the genus Aquila.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Accipitriformes - order; Accipitridae - family; Aquilinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Aquila adalberti, Aquila africana, Aquila audax, Aquila chrysaetos, Aquila clanga, Aquila fasciata, Aquila gurneyi, Aquila hastata, Aquila heliaca, Aquila nipalensis, Aquila pomarina, Aquila rapax, Aquila spilogaster, Aquila verreauxii, Aquila wahlbergi - species

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

English

The constellation Aquila

Proper noun

Aquila

1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.
2. An early Christian, the husband of Priscilla.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Timothy-Chapter-4/#19 2 Timothy 4:19:

     Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

Derived terms

• Aquilae

Related terms

• aquiline

Translations

Anagrams

• qualia

Latin

Proper noun

Aquila m ‎(genitive Aquilae); first declension

1. A male given name

Inflection

First declension.

References

• Aquila in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Spanish

Proper noun

Aquila ?

1. (astronomy) Aquila (constellation)

Interlingua

Noun

aquila ‎(plural aquilas)

1. eagle

Italian

Etymology

From Latin aquila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːkwila/

Noun

aquila f ‎(plural aquile)

1. eagle
2. (heraldry) eagle

Derived terms

Latin

aquila (eagle)

Etymology

Unknown origin, but probably related to aquilus ‎(“blackish, the color of darkness”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kʷi.la/

Noun

aquila f ‎(genitive aquilae); first declension

1. eagle
2. the standard (of an eagle) carried by a Roman legion

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• Aquila, the name
• aquilifer
• aquilīnus

Descendants

Adjective

aquila

1. nominative feminine singular of aquilus
2. nominative neuter plural of aquilus
3. accusative neuter plural of aquilus
4. vocative feminine singular of aquilus
5. vocative neuter plural of aquilus

aquilā

1. ablative feminine singular of aquilus

References

• aquila in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aquila in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• AQUILA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aquila”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• aquila in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aquila in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• aquila in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin