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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

dark-colored, swarthy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
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

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

^ Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “aquilus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49