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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.
tālārĭus, a, um, adj. [talus, II.], of or belonging to dice: ludus, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150: consessus in ludo talario, a gaming-house for dice-playing, id. Att. 1, 16, 3: lex, relating to dice-playing, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 9 (dub.; Ritschl, alearia).