ales

āles ālitis, genplur. ālitum, and poet. ālituum, adj.and subst.

I ala.

I I. Adj, winged : avis: deus, i. e. Mercury , O.: minister fulminis (i. e. aquila), H.: (Venus) purpureis ales oloribus, borne on the wings of bright swans , H.— Quick, hasty, rapid, swift : rutili tres ignis et alitis Austri, V.: passus, O.—

II II. Subst m . and f a bird : fulvus Iovis, i. e. aquila, V.: Phoebeïus, the raven , O.: albus, the swan , H.: Aetheriā lapsa plagā Iovis ales, V.: regia, O.—Esp., in augury, alites are birds whose flight is significant (cf. oscen, a bird whose song is regarded in augury). — Hence, augury, omen, sign : lugubris, H.: potiore alite, H.—Ales canorus, a swan (of a poet), H.: Maeonii carminis, i. e. the singer of a Maeonian (Homeric) song , H.