Ăquilĭus (on coins and in inscrr. Ăquill-; in MSS. Ăquil-), a, um, adj., name of a Roman gens; hence,
I Subst.: Ăquilĭus , m.
A M. Aquilius Gallus, consul A.U.C. 653, Cic. Ac. 3, 54, 125; id. de Or. 2, 28, 124.—
B C. Aquilius Gallus, a Roman jurist and orator , Cic. Brut. 42, 154; id. Off. 2, 14, 50.—
C Aquilius Niger, a Roman historian , Suet. Aug. 11.—
2 Ăquilĭa , f.—
II Adj. : Aquilia lex de damno injuriā dato, perh. introduced by the tribune Aquilius Gallus, Cic. Brut. 34, 131.