talaris

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

tālāris, e, adj. [talus].

I Of or belonging to the ankles.

A Adj. : tunica, i. e. reaching to the ankles , long , Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31; 2, 5, 33, § 86; id. Cat. 2, 10, 22; Lact. 4, 14, 8; Vulg. Gen. 37, 23.—

B Subst.: tā-lārĭa , ĭum, n. *

1 The ankles or parts about the ankles , Sen. Ep. 53, 7.—

2 (Sc. calceamenta.) Winged shoes or sandals fastened to the ankles. —Of Mercury, Verg. A. 4, 239; Ov. M. 2, 736.—Of Perseus, Ov. M. 4, 667; 4, 730.—Of the fifth Minerva: cui pinnarum talaria adfigunt, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 59. —Prov.: talaria videamus, let us think of flight , let us fly , Cic. Att. 14, 21, 4.—

3 (Sc. vestimenta.) A long garment reaching down to the ankles , Ov. M. 10, 591.—*

II Of or belonging to dice (in this sense talarius is more usual, v. h. v.): ludorum talarium licentia, of dicing , Quint. 11, 3, 58.