aquilo

See also: àquilo

Latin

Etymology

From aqua ?

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

aquilō m (genitive aquilōnis); third declension

1. north wind

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aquilō	aquilōnēs
Genitive	aquilōnis	aquilōnum
Dative	aquilōnī	aquilōnibus
Accusative	aquilōnem	aquilōnēs
Ablative	aquilōne	aquilōnibus
Vocative	aquilō	aquilōnēs

Derived terms

• Aquilogena
• aquilonaris
• aquilonius
• euroaquilo

Descendants

• Spanish: aquilón

References

• “aquilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aquilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aquilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Galician-Portuguese aquilo, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin eccum illud.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈkilu/

Pronoun

aquilo (n)

(indefinite demonstrative pronoun)

1. that, that thing (demonstrative)

   Ou isto ou aquilo

   [It's] either this or that (there's no third option)

2. (obsolete, literature) that sentence; that word, that dictum

Usage notes

Mainly used to represent things yet to be introduced or explained (in contrast with aquele or aquela). Also used with objects rather than people.

See also

Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
		Pronouns					Adverbs
		Singular		Plural		Neuter
		Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Proximal	X	este	esta	estes	estas	isto	aqui, cá
	de + X	deste	desta	destes	destas	disto	daqui
	em + X	neste	nesta	nestes	nestas	nisto	—
Medial	X	esse	essa	esses	essas	isso	aí
	de + X	desse	dessa	desses	dessas	disso	daí
	em + X	nesse	nessa	nesses	nessas	nisso	—
Distal	X	aquele	aquela	aqueles	aquelas	aquilo	ali, lá, acolá
	de + X	daquele	daquela	daqueles	daquelas	daquilo	dali
	em + X	naquele	naquela	naqueles	naquelas	naquilo	—
	a + X	àquele	àquela	àqueles	àquelas	àquilo
Anaphoric	X	o	a	os	as	—	—
	de + X	do	da	dos	das
	em + X	no	na	nos	nas
	a + X	ao	à	aos	às