Lewis Short
(adjective) : tālāris, e, talus.
* Of or belonging to the ankles.
* Adj.: tunica,i. e. reaching to the ankles, long,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31; 2, 5, 33, § 86; id. Cat. 2, 10, 22; Lact. 4, 14, 8; Vulg. Gen. 37, 23.
* Of or belonging to dice (in this sense talarius is more usual, v. h. v.): ludorum talarium licentia,of dicing,Quint. 11, 3, 58.
* The ankles or parts about the ankles, Sen. Ep. 53, 7.
* (Sc. calceamenta.) Winged shoes or sandals fastened to the ankles.—Of Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 239; Ov. M. 2, 736.—Of Perseus, Ov. M. 4, 667; 4, 730.—Of the fifth Minerva: cui pinnarum talaria adfigunt,Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59. —Prov.: talaria videamus,let us think of flight, let us fly,Cic. Att. 14, 21, 4.
* (Sc. vestimenta.) A long garment reaching down to the ankles, Ov. M. 10, 591.—*
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary