ăquĭlĭfer, fēri, m. [aquila-fero],
an eaglebearer , standard-bearer , an officer who carried the chief standard of the Roman legion , Caes. B. G. 5, 37; id. B. C. 3, 64; Suet. Aug. 10; Inscr. Orell. 3389; 3477; 4729.
aquilifer ferī, m aquila + FER-, an eaglebearer, standard-bearer, first centurion of the first coh...
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