LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

ālipēs

ālipēs (genitive ālipedis)
Classical[ˈaː.lɪ.peːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.li.pes]

Meaning

  1. one terminationwith wings on the feet, wing-footed; an epithet of Mercury
  2. figurativelyone terminationpoeticswift, fleet, quick

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeālipēsālipēsālipēs
genitiveālipedisālipedisālipedis
dativeālipedīālipedīālipedī
accusativeālipedemālipedemālipēs
ablativeālipedī
ālipede		ālipedī
ālipede		ālipedī
ālipede
vocativeālipēsālipēsālipēs
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeālipedēsālipedēsālipeda
genitiveālipedumālipedumālipedum
dativeālipedibusālipedibusālipedibus
accusativeālipedīs
ālipedēs		ālipedīs
ālipedēs		ālipeda
ablativeālipedibusālipedibusālipedibus
vocativeālipedēsālipedēsālipeda

ālĭpēs, ĕdis, adj. (abl. alipedi, Val. Fl. 5, 612, like aliti from ales) [ala-pes] (poet. and rare; never in Hor.).
I. Lit., with wings on the feet, wing-footed.—As an epithet of Mercury: sacra alipedis dei, Ov. F. 5, 100; id. M. 11, 312; also simply Alipes for Mercurius: mactatur vacca Minervae, Alipedi vitulus, id. ib. 4, 754.—So of the horses in the chariot of the Sun, Ov. M. 2, 48.— Hence,
II. Transf., swift, fleet, quick (cf. ales, I.): cervi, * Lucr 6, 766; equi, Verg. A. 12, 484; also alipes, absol. for equus, id. ib. 7, 277: alipedi curru, Val. Fl. 5, 612; Sil. 7, 700.

Origins

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

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axis Latin *axla Latin āla Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Latin pēs Latin ālipēs From āla (“wing”) + pēs (“foot”).

Descendants
  • Catalanàlep
  • Romanianaripă
  • Aromanianarpã
  • Aromanianaripã
  • Megleno-Romanianiaripă

Quick answers

What does ālipēs mean in Latin?
ālipēs, a adjective, means “with wings on the feet, wing-footed; an epithet of Mercury; swift, fleet, quick”.
How do you pronounce ālipēs?
In classical Latin, [ˈaː.lɪ.peːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.li.pes].
Where does ālipēs come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? → Latin ālipēs.