aquila

aquila ae, f

an eagle: suspensis demissa alis, L.: fulva, V.: feroces, H.: ales Iovis, V.—Prov.: aquilae senectus (because it was fabled to renew its youth), T. — In war, an eagle, standard of a legion (carried by the senior centurion of the first cohort): decimae legionis, Cs.: argentea.—Poet.: locupletem aquilam tibi adferre, i. e. the office of first centurion. Iu. — In architecture, an ornament of the pediment, Ta.

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aquila
ăquĭla, ae, f. (gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat. 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr μελανάε...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Aquila
Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name. I L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.— II Julius Aquila, ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Aquila
·noun A genus of eagles. II. Aquila ·noun A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus a...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Aquila
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Aquila
Eagle, a native of Pontus, by occupation a tent-maker, whom Paul met on his first visit to Corinth (...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
aquila
The constellation Aquila, in which α Aquilæ is an important star of the first magnitude: used by sea...

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Aquila
(an eagle), a Jew whom St. Paul found at Corinth on his arrival from Athens. (Acts 18:2) (A.D, 52,) ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

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