aquilus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Pokorny suggests a derivation, along with Aquilō (“the North wind”), from aqua; De Vaan 2008 finds this preferrable to a derivation from aquila (“eagle”) adopted by Cohen 2004: 32.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kʷi.lus/, [ˈäkʷɪɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwi.lus/, [ˈäːkwilus]

Adjective

aquilus (feminine aquila, neuter aquilum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dark-coloured, swarthy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aquilus	aquila	aquilum		aquilī	aquilae	aquila
genitive	aquilī	aquilae	aquilī		aquilōrum	aquilārum	aquilōrum
dative	aquilō	aquilae	aquilō		aquilīs
accusative	aquilum	aquilam	aquilum		aquilōs	aquilās	aquila
ablative	aquilō	aquilā	aquilō		aquilīs
vocative	aquile	aquila	aquilum		aquilī	aquilae	aquila

Derived terms

• subaquilus

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

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.