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(adjective) : ālĭpēs, ĕdis, (abl. alipedi, Val. Fl. 5, 612, like aliti from ales) [ala-pes] (poet. and rare; never in Hor.).
* 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
* 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.
* 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
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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