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aquila
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aquila \Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. Aquil[ae]. [L., an eagle.]
(Zo["o]l.) A genus of eagles.
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(Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel.
--Brande & C.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context constellation English) A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair. 2 An early Christian, the husband of Priscilla.
Wikipedia
Aquila is the Latin and Romance languages word for eagle. Specifically, it may refer to:
- Aquila (constellation), the astronomical constellation, the Eagle
- Aquila (genus), a genus of birds including some eagles
- Aquila (name), a given name or surname
- Aquila (Roman), a Roman military standard
Aquila is a constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for ' eagle' and it represents the bird who carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greco-Roman mythology.
Aquila lies astride the celestial equator. The alpha star, Altair, is a vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism. The constellation is best seen in the summer as it is located along the Milky Way. Because of this location along the line of our galaxy, many clusters and nebulae are found within its borders, but they are dim and there are few galaxies.
An aquila, or eagle, was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, or eagle-bearer, carried this standard. Each legion carried one eagle.
The eagle was extremely important to the Roman military, beyond merely being a symbol of a legion. A lost standard was considered an extremely grave occurrence, and the Roman military often went to great lengths to both protect a standard and to recover it if lost; for example, see the aftermath of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where the Romans spent decades attempting to recover the lost standards of three legions.
No legionary eagles are known to have survived. However a number of other Roman eagles, either symbolizing imperial rule or used as funeral emblems, have been discovered.
Aquila is a British children's television show which aired on the BBC from 1997 to 1998. An episode was aired once a week, and was based on the story of two boys, Tom Baxter and Geoff Reynolds, who find a spacecraft when digging in a field. It was based on the book Aquila by British author Andrew Norriss and set in Bristol.
Aquila is the genus of true eagles. The genus name is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour". It is often united with the buteos, sea eagles, and other more heavyset Accipitridae, but more recently it appears as if they are less distinct from the more slender accipitrine hawks than previously believed. Eagles are not a natural group, but denote essentially any bird of prey large enough to hunt sizeable (about 50 cm long or more overall) vertebrate prey.
Aquila is an educational children's magazine that offers an alternative to mainstream publications. It is for boys and girls of 8-13 and features puzzles, fun facts and activities - and is advert-free. Each issue revolves mainly around a specific topic, for example Captain Cook, Science Special, The Equator and Medieval Times - all covered in 2013. The "lively and informative" magazine is aimed at bright pre-teenagers interested in hobbies beyond pop music and soaps, who "need to be able to feel good about themselves" and to realise that "there are other children out there like them" according to D J Taylor's article in the Telegraph in 2003. It was established in 1993 and is owned and run by New Leaf Publishing Ltd, a small independent publishing house situated in the coastal town of Eastbourne in the UK. ATE Superweeks, a UK summer camp provider, works in association with Aquila magazine to run an annual summer camp. In 2012 the camp was called The Eco-Venture and had a focus on the environment.
The modern constellation Aquila lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the The Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ), and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán) that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天鷹座 (tiān yīng zuò), meaning "the heaven eagle constellation".
Aquila is an ornithological journal established by Ottó Herman, Budapest, Hungary, in 1894. It publishes peer reviewed articles and research notes focusing on birds, mostly − though not exclusively − on the avifauna of the Carpathian Basin. Recent issues are bilingual, coming in English and in Hungarian. Aquila is referred in Zoological Record and in Fisheries and Wildlife Reviews.
Aquila is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Usage examples of "aquila".
Not only had that fanatic Jewish tentmaker Aquila returned to Rome, he had even dared to show his ruddy face on the Esquiline, ostensibly to see if the garden canopy was in good repair.
All he found was the narrow slice of Aquila that held Altair and the two companion stars that made the pointing shaft.
With typical Roman prejudice, Pomponia had at first recoiled a bit when Aquila was introduced as a Jew.
And yet his Pomponia had actually invited that red-bearded Jew, Aquila, back to their home not to check on the canvas awning but, of all incredible things, to discuss religion!
Anyhow, Claudius is now preparing an edict banishing Aquila and the other Jewish leaders from Italy.
The real purpose of his visit was apparent when Pomponia spoke excitedly about what had happened to Aquila and his Priscilla in the meantime.
It seems Paulus had so impressed Aquila and his wife that they had invited him to live with them while they were in Corinth.
It was ominous how religious fanatics like Aquila so often fastened themselves, leechlike, to wives of the wealthy.
Pomponia Graecina did in fact visit the house of a couple named Aquila and Priscilla on the Aventine for purposes of Christian worship.
Sabinus tried to say something comforting to Aquila and Priscilla, and then left.
But the red thatch and russet beard of Aquila stood tall and determined as he returned the sign of the cross, and Priscilla even managed a farewell smile.
He had not known that Aquila, on the opposite side of the stadium, had already been crucified.
It was a corrosive experience for him, watching the horror burrowing into their lives, but when he finally had to tell about the cross and the horns of the bull, Priscilla broke into convulsive sobbing, while Aquila seemed on the verge of black despair.
I hope you understand, Aquila, I will physically prevent your returning.
Acts 18:2, which refers also to the specific expulsion of Aquila and Priscilla and their arrival in Corinth.