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Latin
Etymology
From aquila (“eagle”) + -īnus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
aquilīnus (feminine aquilīna, neuter aquilīnum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to the eagle, aquiline.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “aquilinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aquilinus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s 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