aquila

Latin noun

Last edited: 2023-12-01
Primary meaning the Eagle
Literal translation eagle
Variants
aquila
Edited by
the Eagle constellation

In Aquarii parte XII. oritur Aquila.

‘At 12° Aquarius rises the Eagle.’

— Firmicus Maternus, Mathesis 8.16.1

Genre: astrological compendium
Provenance: Sicily
Date: ca. 334 CE

Firmicus Maternus. 1897. Ivlii Firmici Materni Matheseos Libri VIII, ed. W. Kroll, F. Skutsch. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner. 2.311

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APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aquila (Lemma #1491). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1491/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aquila (Lemma #1491). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1491/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2023). aquila (Lemma #1491). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1491/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2023) aquila (Lemma #1491), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1491/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac1491,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2023},
	title = {aquila ({Lemma} #1491)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1491/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1491/},
}