Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Aquila"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Aquila \Aq"ui*la\, n.; pl. {Aquil[ae]}. [L., an eagle.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of eagles.
2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and
Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle.
{Aquila alba} [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of
{calomel}. --Brande & C.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Aquila
n 1: a constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus; contains the
star Altair [syn: {Aquila}]
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}]
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