Aquila

Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.

I L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—

II Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—

III Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—

IV Aquila Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Röm. Lit. § 384.—

V Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist , author of Liber Responsorum , of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—

VI Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew , Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

aquila
aquila ae, f an eagle: suspensis demissa alis, L.: fulva, V.: feroces, H.: ales Iovis, V.—Prov.: aq...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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
an eagle ...

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...

The Sailor's Word-Book
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
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.