alatus Latin · revision 9906

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Virgil|origins=la āla}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [aːˈɫaː.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [aˈlaː.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''ālātus''' (feminine ālāta, neuter ālātum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|āla|-ātus|t1=wing]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) 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'', of Mercury's winged feet.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Poetic, it meant furnished with wings, winged, as of Mercury in Virgil and Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant winged.^(Stelten 1995) English ''alate'' (1660s) is from it, as are Italian ''alato'' and Spanish ''alado''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1660s – English ''alate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

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

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[suprālātus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[āla]]

+ * [[āliger]]

+ * [[en|alate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}