aquilam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aquila, aquilae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
silver eagle on pole, standard of a legion; legion; post of standard-bearer;
acc. sg. - Entry →aquilus, aquila, aquilum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
dark colored/hued, swarthy;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →aquila, aquilae:
Common · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
eagle; gable/pediment; kind of fish (eagle-ray?);
acc. sg.
Examples
Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...alas; dirue Maurorum attegias, castella Brigantum, ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus adferat; aut, longos castrorum ferre labores..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...redire ad pristinum statum cogeret, recusantis atque insuper aquilam et signa pertinacius flagitantis non modo immisso equite disiecit..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...subsellia tribunicia praetervehenti sibi unum e collegio Pontium Aquilam non assurrexisse adeo indignatus sit, ut proclamaverit: 'repete ergo..."In Catilinam II
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...fasces, cum tubas, cum signa militaria, cum aquilam illam argenteam, cui ille etiam sacrarium [scelerum] domi suae fecerat..."In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...constitutam cum Manlio diem, a quo etiam aquilam illam argenteam, quam tibi ac tuis omnibus confido perniciosam..."Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mane! sic agna lupum, sic cerva leonem, sic aquilam penna fugiunt trepidante columbae, hostes quaeque suos: amor..."Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...mane! sic agna lupum, sic cerva leonem, sic aquilam penna fugiunt trepidante columbae, hostes quaeque suos: amor..."Liber II
Aulus Gellius
"...plus rufi habere. Sic poeta verborum diligentissimus "fulvam aquilam" dicit et "iaspidem", "fulvos galeros" et "fulvum aurum..."
