aquila

3 definitions found

aquila - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Aquila \Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. Aquil[ae]. [L., an eagle.]
     1. (Zool.) A genus of eagles.
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     2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
        Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
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     Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
        calomel. --Brande & C.
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aquila - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Aquila
      n 1: a constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus; contains the
           star Altair
      2: the provincial capital of the Abruzzi region in central Italy
         [syn: Aquila, L'Aquila, Aquila degli Abruzzi]
      3: a genus of Accipitridae [syn: Aquila, genus Aquila]

aquila - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Aquila
  eagle, a native of Pontus, by occupation a tent-maker, whom Paul
  met on his first visit to Corinth (Acts 18:2). Along with his
  wife Priscilla he had fled from Rome in consequence of a decree
  (A.D. 50) by Claudius commanding all Jews to leave the city.
  Paul sojourned with him at Corinth, and they wrought together at
  their common trade, making Cilician hair-cloth for tents. On
  Paul's departure from Corinth after eighteen months, Aquila and
  his wife accompanied him to Ephesus, where they remained, while
  he proceeded to Syria (Acts 18:18, 26). When they became
  Christians we are not informed, but in Ephesus they were (1 Cor.
  16:19) Paul's "helpers in Christ Jesus." We find them afterwards
  at Rome (Rom. 16:3), interesting themselves still in the cause
  of Christ. They are referred to some years after this as being
  at Ephesus (2 Tim. 4:19). This is the last notice we have of
  them.