Noun: aquila
Hyphenation:
Gender: Feminine
Declension: First
Nominative
| Singular | aquila |
| Plural | aquilae |
Genitive
| Singular | aquilae |
| Plural | aquilārum |
Dative
| Singular | aquilae |
| Plural | aquilīs |
Accusative
| Singular | aquilam |
| Plural | aquilās |
Ablative
| Singular | aquilā |
| Plural | aquilīs |
Vocative
| Singular | aquila |
| Plural | aquilae |
Sample Sentences
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Hoc cum vōce māgnā dīxisset, sē ex nāvī prōiēcit atque in hostēs aquilam ferre coepit. (When [the standard-bearer of the Tenth Legion] had cried out [these words] in a very loud voice, he threw himself from the ship and began to carry the eagle toward the enemy.
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(See: aquilifer.)) [c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 4.25]
Nouns inflected like aquila
scōria,
meschīta,
sewera,
zōnula,
ecclēsia,
concurrentia,
satira,
satura,
satyra,
sagīna,
sagēna,
sarīsa,
salīva,
salīna,
sampsa,
samara,
sacēna,
salvia,
sabīna,
sculna, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Of unknown origin, but probably related to aquilus (“blackish, the color of darkness”), thus a "dark bird". An alternative theory derives the word from a supposed Proto-Italic *aku-(a)wi-lā-s (“swift little bird”), the first two components related to acus (“needle”) and avis (“bird”), the third a diminutive suffix *lā-, with similar formation to accipiter (“hawk”); this is morphologically unlikely.
2. Replaces Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“eagle”) due to taboo avoidance.
Verbs referencing "aquila"
Italian Nouns
aquila, English Nouns
eagle, English Nouns
Eagle, Romanian Nouns
acvilă, Romanian Nouns
aceră, French Nouns
aigle, Portuguese Nouns
águia, Galician Nouns
aguia, Middle English Nouns
egle, Catalan Nouns
àguila, Old Spanish Nouns
aguila, Asturian Nouns
aigla.
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