alipes
alipes, with wings on the feet, wing-footed
ālipēs, edis: adj. (āla and pēs), wing-footed, 12.484; subst. m., wing-footed horse.
ālĭpēs, ĕdis, adj. (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,
- 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.
āli-pēs, pedis (ala u. pes), I) Flügel an den Füßen habend, deus alipes u. bl. alipes, v. Merkur, Ov.: equi, von den R. des Pböbus, Ov. – II) poet. übtr., schnellfüßig, schnellaufend, cervi, Lucr., equi, Verg.: auch subst. bl. alipedes, um, v. Rossen, Verg. 7, 277.
~pedes, veloces, ut equi
sessores ~pedum pueri, ‥ docti equis imperitare
cratibus et craticulis opus est, †ut [? l. ne ] pulsatio crebra ~pedum [gl.: ] compaginem navis dissociat [astif sic ] vel dissolvat
ālĭpēs, (14) ĕdis (ala, pes), qui a des ailes aux pieds, aux pieds ailés : Ov. F. 5, 100 ; M. 11, 312 || rapide : Lucr. 6, 766 ; Virg. En. 12, 484.
- 1. met gevleugelde voeten [deus = Mercurius; equi v.d. paarden v. Phoebus];
- 2. (metaf.) snel(voetig) [cervi; equi]; — subst. plur. paarden.
alipes. (App. ad Probum, Meyer, text. bas latins, 3, l. 142.)
ālipēs edis, adj.
- ala + pes, with wings on the feet, wing-footed.—Of Mercury: alipedis de stirpe dei, O.: mactatur Alipedi vitulus, i. e. to Mercury, O.—Poet., swift, fleet, quick: equi, V.