aquila

See also: Aquila and Áquila

Interlingua

Noun

aquila (plural aquilas)

1. eagle

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin aquila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːkwila/

Noun

aquila f (plural aquile)

1. eagle
2. (heraldry) eagle

Derived terms

• aquila arpia
• aquila del Bonelli
• aquila di Haast
• aquila di mare
• aquila di mare a coda bianca
• aquila di mare della testa bianca
• aquila di mare di Steller
• aquila gigante della Nuova Zelanda
• aquila imperiale
• aquila pescatrice africana
• aquila pescatrice del Madagascar
• aquila reale
• aquila spiegata
• aquila urlatrice
• aquilone

 

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Latin

aquila (eagle)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kʷi.la/, [ˈa.kᶣɪ.ɫa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwi.la/, [ˈaː.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.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aquila	aquilae
Genitive	aquilae	aquilārum
Dative	aquilae	aquilīs
Accusative	aquilam	aquilās
Ablative	aquilā	aquilīs
Vocative	aquila	aquilae

Derived terms

• Aquila, the name
• aquilifer
• aquilīnus

Descendants

• Asturian: águila
• Catalan: àguila, àliga
• Corsican: acula
• → Esperanto: aglo
• Old French: aigle, aille
  • French: aigle
  • → English: eagle
• Friulian: acuile
• Galician: aguia, aiga
• Italian: aquila
• Norman: aigl'ye
• → Lithuanian: Akvilė (girls name), Akvilius (boys name)
• Old Occitan: aigla
  • Occitan: agla

• Portuguese: águia
• Romanian: aceră, acvilă
• Romansch: evla
• Sardinian: àbbila, àchili (eagle), achiliera (sea eagle)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ȃkvila
• Sicilian: àcula
• Spanish: águila
• Venetian: àquiła

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)
• aquila in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, 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