aquilo

See also: àquilo

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Aquilō (letter case)

Etymology

Perhaps from aquila (“eagle”) +‎ -ō (name-forming suffix), personifying the cold north wind as a "fast, aggressive raptor".

Noun

aquilō m (genitive aquilōnis); third declension

  1. north wind, the wind god Boreas
    Synonyms: boreās, septentriō
  2. the north
  3. (New Latin) kite

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Catalan: Aquiló
  • English: Aquilo, Aquilon
  • French: Aquilon
  • German: Aquilo
  • Italian: Aquilone
  • Polish: Akwilon
  • Russian: Аквилон (Akvilon)
  • Spanish: aquilón

References
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “aquila”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49

Further reading
  • “aquilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “aquilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aquilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Vulgar Latin *eccum illum, neuter singular of *eccum ille.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈki.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈki.lo/

  • Hyphenation: a‧qui‧lo
  • Audio (Brazil - São Paulo)(file)

Pronoun

aquilo (indefinite demonstrative pronoun)

  1. that, that thing (demonstrative)
    Ou isto ou aquilo
    [It's] either this or that (there's no third option)
  2. (obsolete, literature, literary) that sentence; that word, that dictum

Usage notes
  • Mainly used to represent things yet to be introduced or explained (in contrast with aquele or aquela). Also used with objects rather than people.

See also
Portuguese demonstratives (edit)
Pronouns Adverbs
Singular Plural Neuter
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Proximal X este esta estes estas isto aqui, cá
de + X deste desta destes destas disto daqui
em + X neste nesta nestes nestas nisto —
Medial X esse essa esses essas isso aí
de + X desse dessa desses dessas disso daí
em + X nesse nessa nesses nessas nisso —
Distal X aquele aquela aqueles aquelas Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) ali, lá
de + X daquele daquela daqueles daquelas daquilo dali
em + X naquele naquela naqueles naquelas naquilo —
a + X àquele àquela àqueles àquelas àquilo
Anaphoric X o a os as — —
de + X do da dos das
em + X no na nos nas
a + X ao à aos às

References
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