ālĭger, gĕra, gĕrum (gen. plur. aligerūm, Val. Fl. 7, 171), adj. [ala-gero], bearing wings, winged (a poet. word of the Aug. per.).
I Adj. : amor, Verg. A. 1, 663: agmen, i. e. of birds , id. ib. 12, 249: aligero tollitur axe Ceres, upon the winged chariot (i. e. drawn by dragons), Ov. F. 4, 562: Jovis Nuntius, i. e. Mercury , Stat. S. 3, 3, 80: genus, Sen. Hippol. 338 al.—In the prose of Pliny, like many other poet. words: aligeri serpentes, Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 85: Cupidines, id. 36, 5, 4, § 41.—*
II Ālĭgĕri , subst., the winged gods of love , Cupids , Sil. 7, 458.