ālĭpēs, ĕdis, adj. (abl. alipedi, Val. Fl. 5, 612, like aliti from ales) [ala-pes] (poet. and rare; never in Hor.).
- I. Lit., with wings on the feet, wing-footed.
As an epithet of Mercury: sacra alipedis dei, Ov. F. 5, 100; id. M. 11, 312; also simply Alipes for Mercurius: mactatur vacca Minervae, Alipedi vitulus, id. ib. 4, 754.
So of the horses in the chariot of the Sun, Ov. M. 2, 48.
Hence,
- II. Transf., swift, fleet, quick (cf. ales, I.): cervi, * Lucr 6, 766; equi, Verg. A. 12, 484; also alipes, absol. for equus, id. ib. 7, 277: alipedi curru, Val. Fl. 5, 612; Sil. 7, 700.