LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

āliger

āliger (feminine āligera, neuter āligerum)
Classical[ˈaː.lɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.li.d͡ʒer]

Meaning

  1. adjectivepoeticbearing wings, winged

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativein -er
āliger
āligeraāligerum
genitiveāligerīāligeraeāligerī
dativeāligerōāligeraeāligerō
accusativeāligerumāligeramāligerum
ablativeāligerōāligerāāligerō
vocativeāligerāligeraāligerum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeāligerīāligeraeāligera
genitiveāligerōrumāligerārumāligerōrum
dativeāligerīsāligerīsāligerīs
accusativeāligerōsāligerāsāligera
ablativeāligerīsāligerīsāligerīs
vocativeāligerīāligeraeāligera

ālĭger, gĕra, gĕrum (
I. gen. plur. aligerūm, Val. Fl. 7, 171), adj. ala-gero, bearing wings, winged (a poet. word of the Aug. per.).
I. Adj.: amor, Verg. A. 1, 663: agmen, i. e. of birds, id. ib. 12, 249: aligero tollitur axe Ceres, upon the winged chariot (i. e. drawn by dragons), Ov. F. 4, 562: Jovis Nuntius, i. e. Mercury, Stat. S. 3, 3, 80: genus, Sen. Hippol. 338 al.—In the prose of Pliny, like many other poet. words: aligeri serpentes, Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 85: Cupidines, id. 36, 5, 4, § 41.—*
II. ālĭgĕri, subst., the winged gods of love, Cupids, Sil. 7, 458.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Latināliger

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axis Latin *axla Latin āla Latin -ger Latin āliger From āla (“wing”) + -ger (“bearing”).

Quick answers

What does āliger mean in Latin?
āliger, a adjective, means “bearing wings, winged”.
How do you pronounce āliger?
In classical Latin, [ˈaː.lɪ.ɡɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.li.d͡ʒer].
Where does āliger come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? → Latin āliger.