aliger Latin · revision 9863

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Virgil|origins=la āla, la gerō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈaː.lɪ.ɡɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈaː.li.d͡ʒer]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''āliger''' (feminine āligera, neuter āligerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)^(Wiktionary)

+ Valerius Flaccus has the genitive plural ''āligerum''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|āla|-ger|t1=wing|t2=bearing]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) Etymonline explains ⟨āla⟩ from ⟨*axla⟩, originally the joint of the wing or arm, from [[ine-pro|*aks-|t=axis]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Its earliest source is Virgil's ''Aeneid''.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A poetic word of the Augustan age, it meant having wings, winged, as in Virgil, and moving with the speed of flight.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Silius uses ''Āligerī'' for the Cupids.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for winged, feathered, also figuratively, as in Aldhelm.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # [[m|en|winged|alt=Winged]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(poetic)'' Swift as flight.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[āla]]

+ * [[ālātus]]

+ * [[gerō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}