aliger

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Latin

Etymology

From āla (wing) +‎ -ger (bearing).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. (poetic) bearing wings, winged

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Derived terms

References

  • aliger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aliger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aliger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.