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as the principal standard of a Roman legion

  • 1 Aquila

    1.
    ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.
    I.
    Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

    aquilis velociores,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

    dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

    ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

    Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

    ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

    the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—
    * B.
    In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—
    * C.
    The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—
    D.
    A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—
    E.
    Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.
    2.
    Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.
    I.
    L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—
    II.
    Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    III.
    Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    IV.
    Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—
    V.
    Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—
    VI.
    Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Aquila

  • 2 aquila

    1.
    ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.
    I.
    Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

    aquilis velociores,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

    dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

    ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

    Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

    ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

    the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—
    * B.
    In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—
    * C.
    The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—
    D.
    A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—
    E.
    Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.
    2.
    Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.
    I.
    L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—
    II.
    Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    III.
    Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    IV.
    Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—
    V.
    Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—
    VI.
    Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > aquila

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