aquilus

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Traditionally derived by the Romans from aqua (“water”), which is supported by Pokorny, who also adduces Aquilō (“the North wind”) as related. Though the above theory is rejected by Ernout and Meillet, De Vaan finds it preferable to an alternative derivation from aquila (“eagle”) suggested by Cohen 2004: 32. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.kʷɪ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.kʷi.lus] === Adjective === aquilus (feminine aquila, neuter aquilum); first/second-declension adjective dark-colored, swarthy ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== subaquilus ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === “aquilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "aquilus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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.