talaria

See also: talaría

English

WOTD – 30 October 2018

Etymology

One of the talaria worn by Hermes from a bronze replica of a statue in the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum[1]

From Latin tālāriā, plural form of tālāris (“of or pertaining to the ankle or heel”), from tālus (“anklebone, talus; heel”),[2] possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (“to touch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

talaria pl (plural only)

  1. (Roman mythology) The winged sandals worn by certain gods and goddesses, especially Mercury (and his Greek counterpart Hermes).

Translations

References

  1. ↑ From the collection of the Getty Villa in Los Angeles, California, USA.
  2. ↑ “talaria” (US) / “talaria” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

Further reading

Latin

Adjective

tālāria

  1. nominative feminine singular of tālārius
  2. nominative neuter plural of tālārius
  3. accusative neuter plural of tālārius
  4. vocative feminine singular of tālārius
  5. nominative neuter plural of tālārius

tālāriā

  1. ablative feminine singular of tālārius

References

  • talaria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • talaria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • talaria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • talaria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • talaria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • talaria in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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