Lewis & Short

Ăquilĭus (on coins and in inscrr. Ăquill-; in MSS. Ăquil-), a, um, adj., name of a Roman gens; hence,

  1. I. Subst.: Ăquilĭus, m.
  1. 1.
    1. A. M. Aquilius Gallus, consul A.U.C. 653, Cic. Ac. 3, 54, 125; id. de Or. 2, 28, 124.
    2. B. C. Aquilius Gallus, a Roman jurist and orator, Cic. Brut. 42, 154; id. Off. 2, 14, 50.
    3. C. Aquilius Niger, a Roman historian, Suet. Aug. 11.
      1. 2. Ăqui-lĭa, f.
  2. II. Adj.: Aquilia lex de damno injuriā dato, perh. introduced by the tribune Aquilius Gallus, Cic. Brut. 34, 131.