alitem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ales, (gen.), alitis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
winged, having wings; swift/quick; [ales deus => Mercury; ales puer => Cupid];
acc. sg. (m./f.) - Entry →ales, alitis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bird; (esp. large); winged god/monster; omen/augury; [regia ales => eagle];
acc. sg.
Examples
- L
Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Tantali uincat sitim, dirum laborem Sisyphi, Tityi alitem Ixionisque membra rapientem rotam. licet extruat marmoribus atque auro tegat..." - L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...senex Daedalus librans iter nube sub media stetit alitem expectans suum (qualis accipitris minas fugit et sparsos metu..." - G
Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...rapuerat, demisit in gremium; cumque nutriri alitem, pangi ramulum placuisset, tanta pullorum suboles provenit, ut hodieque ea uilla..." - T
Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Excelsa et alta sperare complexa virum iubet: eam alitem ea regione caeli et eius dei nuntiam venisse; circa..."