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AQUINO

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(Philip d'), in Latin Aquinas or Aquinius, having turned from Judaism, had a pension from the clergy of France; and acquired much reputation by his knowledge. knowledge of the Hebrew language, which he taught at Paris, in the reign of Lewis XIII. and by the books he published, among which is his *Ditionarium Hebraeo-Chaldee-Thebaendico-Rabbinicum*. His grandson, Anthony D'Anquin, was first physician to Lewis XIV.

**Aquino**, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Naples, and Terra di Lavora; a bishop's see, but ruined by the emperor Conrade; and now consists of about 35 houses. It was the birth-place of the poet Juvenal, and Thomas Aquinas. E. Long, 14° 30' N. Lat. 41° 32'.