Aquila

See also: aquila and Áquila

Translingual

Aquila rapax (tawny eagle)

Etymology

From Latin aquila (“eagle”).

Proper noun

Aquila f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Accipitridae. Circumscription and placement of the genus will depend on taxonomic point of view.

   The eagles belong to the genus Aquila.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Accipitriformes – order; Accipitridae – family; Aquilinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Aquila chrysaetos - type species; Aquila adalberti, Aquila africana, Aquila audax, Aquila clanga, Aquila fasciata, Aquila gurneyi, Aquila hastata, Aquila heliaca, Aquila nipalensis, Aquila pomarina (now Clanga pomarina), Aquila rapax, Aquila spilogaster, Aquila verreauxii, Aquila wahlbergi (now Hieraaetus wahlbergi) - other species

References

• Aquila on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aquila on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aquila on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

English

The constellation Aquila

Etymology

From Latin aquila (“eagle”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈækwɪlə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈækwələ/, /ˈɑːkwələ/

Proper noun

Aquila

1. (astronomy) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.
2. An early Christian, the husband of Priscilla.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Timothy 4:19:

     Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.

Derived terms

• Aquilae

Related terms

• aquiline

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: الْعُقَاب (al-ʕuqāb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天鷹座／天鹰座 (zh) (Tiānyīngzuò)

• Estonian: Kotkas (et)
• Finnish: Kotka (fi)
• French: Aigle (fr) m
• German: Adler (de) m
• Greek: Αετός (el) m (Aetós)

  Ancient: Ἀετός m (Aetós)

• Hebrew: עָ֫יִט (he) m (áyit)
• Irish: an tIolar m
• Japanese: 鷲座 (ja) (わしざ, Washiza), わし座 (ja) (washiza)
• Kazakh: Бүркіт (Bürkıt)
• Korean: 독(禿)수리자리 (Doksurijari)
• Latin: Aquila f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Aadler (nds) m, Oodler (nds) m

• Malay: Helang
• Manx: Yn Urley m
• Persian: آله (fa) (âloh), شاهین (fa) (šâhin)
• Polish: Orzeł (pl) m
• Portuguese: Águia (pt) f, Áquila f
• Russian: Орёл m (Orjól)
• Spanish: Aquila

Anagrams

• qualia

Latin

Proper noun

Aquila m (genitive Aquilae); first declension

1. a male given name
2. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Pontius Aquila, a Roman tribune

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Aquila	Aquilae
Genitive	Aquilae	Aquilārum
Dative	Aquilae	Aquilīs
Accusative	Aquilam	Aquilās
Ablative	Aquilā	Aquilīs
Vocative	Aquila	Aquilae

References

• “Aquila”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Spanish

Proper noun

Aquila ?

1. (astronomy) Aquila (constellation)