aliger
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aliger, aligera, aligerum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
winged, having wings; moving with the speed of flight;
nom. sg. (m.)voc. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Tritonia densos sparsisset crines texissetque ora colubris. aliger in caelum sic rapta Gorgone fugit. ille quidem pensabat iter..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uisus aut ora iacentum erexit: tali miseris deus aliger umbra incubat et tantum morientia lumina soluit. traxerat insomnis..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Interea gelidis Maia satus aliger umbris iussa gerens magni remeat Iouis; undique pigrae ire uetant nubes et turbidus..."Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...templa, tot aras promeruisse datur? summi Iovis aliger Arcas, nuntius; imbrifera potitur Thaumantide Iuno; stat celer obsequio iussa..."