What is the meaning of the latin name of the constellation that includes 45 Aquilae?
Aquila (constellation) Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it represents the bird who carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greco-Roman mythology.
Aquilifer An aquilifer was a soldier signifer bearing the eagle standard of a Roman legion. The name derives from the type of standard, "aquila" meaning "eagle" (which was the universal type used since 106 BC), and "fers", related to the Latin word for bringing or carrying. Before that time, the wolf, boar, bull and horse were also used. The eagle standard was the most important possession of the legion, and its loss was a terrible disgrace.