aquilus
Latin
Etymology
Pokorny suggests a derivation, along with Aquilō (“the North wind”), from aqua;[1] De Vaan 2008 finds this preferrable to a derivation from aquila (“eagle”) adopted by Cohen 2004: 32.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.kʷi.lus/, [ˈäkʷɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.kwi.lus/, [ˈäːkwilus]
Adjective
aquilus (feminine aquila, neuter aquilum); first/second-declension adjective
- dark-coloured, swarthy
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | aquilus | aquila | aquilum | aquilī | aquilae | aquila | |
| Genitive | aquilī | aquilae | aquilī | aquilōrum | aquilārum | aquilōrum | |
| Dative | aquilō | aquilō | aquilīs | ||||
| Accusative | aquilum | aquilam | aquilum | aquilōs | aquilās | aquila | |
| Ablative | aquilō | aquilā | aquilō | aquilīs | |||
| Vocative | aquile | aquila | aquilum | aquilī | aquilae | aquila | |
Derived terms
- subaquilus
References
- “aquilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aquilus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aquilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.