adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
āliger
āliger (feminine āligera, neuter āligerum)
Classical[ˈaː.lɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.li.d͡ʒer]
Meaning
- adjectivepoeticbearing wings, winged
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er āliger | āligera | āligerum |
| genitive | āligerī | āligerae | āligerī |
| dative | āligerō | āligerae | āligerō |
| accusative | āligerum | āligeram | āligerum |
| ablative | āligerō | āligerā | āligerō |
| vocative | āliger | āligera | āligerum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | āligerī | āligerae | āligera |
| genitive | āligerōrum | āligerārum | āligerōrum |
| dative | āligerīs | āligerīs | āligerīs |
| accusative | āligerōs | āligerās | āligera |
| ablative | āligerīs | āligerīs | āligerīs |
| vocative | āligerī | āligerae | āligera |
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.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
āliger gera, gerum, adj.
ala + GES-, bearing wings, winged: amor, V.: agmen, i. e. of birds, V.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
- Latināliger
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axis Latin *axla Latin āla Latin -ger Latin āliger From āla (“wing”) + -ger (“bearing”).