alare

alare , to wing, furnish w. wings. b (p. ppl.) winged. c (fig.) fleeting. hanc [Venerem] de more filius suus comitatur, / nudus, cecus puer est, facies alatur Ps.-Map 26.  b cicade quedam alate Gir. TH I 21; [vermiculi] post pauca tempora ad instar papilionum alati ‥ avolare parant Gerv. Tilb. III 56; ut alati ‥ more seraphico super cherubin scanderetis R. Bury Phil. 4. 47.  c avis dicta mundi vanitatem transitoriam et alatam designat Neckam NR I 76.