aquilinus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin aquila

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin aquilīnus

From aquila (“eagle”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.kʷɪˈliː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.kʷiˈliː.nus]

Adjective

aquilīnus (feminine aquilīna, neuter aquilīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the eagle, aquiline.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	aquilīnus	aquilīna	aquilīnum		aquilīnī	aquilīnae	aquilīna
genitive	aquilīnī	aquilīnae	aquilīnī		aquilīnōrum	aquilīnārum	aquilīnōrum
dative	aquilīnō	aquilīnae	aquilīnō		aquilīnīs
accusative	aquilīnum	aquilīnam	aquilīnum		aquilīnōs	aquilīnās	aquilīna
ablative	aquilīnō	aquilīnā	aquilīnō		aquilīnīs
vocative	aquilīne	aquilīna	aquilīnum		aquilīnī	aquilīnae	aquilīna

Derived terms

• Aquilīna, the female name

Related terms

• aquila
• aquilifer

Descendants

• Catalan: aquilí
• → English: aquiline
• French: aquilin
• Italian: aquilino
• Portuguese: aquilino
• Sardinian: abbilinu
• Spanish: aquilino

References

• “aquilinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "aquilinus", 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)
• “aquilinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “aquilinus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray