Legenda: Aquila

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Aquila

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The story of The Eagle is adapted from Physiologus Latinus Versio Y, Isidore: Etymologiae and the text of the Aberdeen Bestiary.

Here in the Legenda you can find read a poem about the Eagle by Theobaldus.

For more information about eagles, including other legends and proverbs about eagles, visit the Aquila in the Zoo. You can also visit the Eagle page at the bestiary.ca website for a discussion in English, bibliography and other useful references.

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Aquila ab acumine oculorum vocata est.	(the etymology is prompted by the similarity in sound between aqu- and acu- )
Tanti enim contuitus esse dicitur, ut cum super maria inmobili pinna feratur nec humanis pateat obtutibus, de tanta sublimitate pisciculos natare videat, ac tormenti instar descendens raptam praedam pinnis ad litus pertrahat.	enim: postpositive tanti...contuitus: split phrase contuitus: descriptive genitive esse: infinitive in indirect statement (introduced by dicitur) feratur...pateat...videat: subjunctives introduced by cum pertrahat: following subjunctives feratur, pateat, videat humanis...obtutibus: split phrase pisciculos: diminutive natare: infinitive in indirect statement (introduced by videat, subject of the infinitive is pisciculos) tormentum: this word is from the verb "torquere" meaning to twist or turn, so a tormentum is an instrument that twists or turns something, such as a machine used to hurl missiles - the eagle plummets "like a missile" descendens...pertrahat: participle plus verb ("the eagle plummets...and drags")
De aquila dicit David in psalmo centesimo secundo: Renovabitur ut aquilae iuventus tua.
Aquila, cum vero senuerit, gravantur alae ipsius, et obducuntur caligine oculi eius.	vero: postpositive senuerit: subjunctive introduced by cum ipsius: the i is long, so penultimate stress
Tunc quaerit fontem et contra eum evolat in altum usque ad aerem solis, et ibi incendit alas suas similiter et caliginem oculorum exurit in radio solis.	aerem: three syllables exurit: the u is long, so penultimate stress
Tunc demum descendens in fontem trina vice se mergit, et statim renovatur tota ita ut alarum vigore et oculorum splendore multo melius renovetur.	descendens...mergit: participle plus verb ("the eagle descends...and plunges") tota: adjective used adverbially ("renewed completely") renovetur: subjunctive introduced by ut vigore...splendore: the o is long, so penultimate stress
Sic et tu, homo, qui vestimentum habes vetus, et caligant oculi tui, quaere spiritualem fontem domini et eleva mentis oculos ad deum qui est fons iustitiae et tunc renovabitur sicut aquilae iuventus tua.	et tu: adverbial use of et qui: relative pronoun, antecedent is tu vestimentum...vetus: split phrase caligant: the i is long, so penultimate stress qui: relative pronoun, antecedent is deum aquilae: corresponds to the possessive adjective tua ("your youth, like that of the eagle, will be renewed...")
Nam et contra radium solis fertur obtutum non flectere;	et: adverbial use of et (For in addition the eagle is said to...) flectere: complementary infinitive with fertur obtutum: the u is long, so penultimate stress
unde et pullos suos ungue suspensos radiis solis obicit, et quos viderit inmobilem tenere aciem, ut dignos genere conservat;	et: adverbial use of et (Therefore, likewise, it exposes its chicks...) quos: relative pronoun, antecedent is unstated eos, object of conservat ("it keeps those whom...") tenere: infinitive in indirect statement (introduced by viderit, subject of the infinitive is quos) viderit: future perfect (action takes place prior to present tense verse conservat) immobilem: adjective used as adverb ("to hold its gaze unwaveringly") ut: in the sense of "like, as"
si quos vero inflectere obtutum, quasi degeneres abicit.	quos: relative pronoun, antecedent is unstated eos, object of abicit ("it casts away those whom...") inflectere: infinitive in indirect statement (subject of the infinitive is quos)