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
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..."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..."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..."Liber I
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Excelsa et alta sperare complexa virum iubet: eam alitem ea regione caeli et eius dei nuntiam venisse; circa..."