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Definition of Talaria
1. Noun. A winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art).
Definition of Talaria
1. n. pl. Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, -- chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury.
Definition of Talaria
1. Noun. The winged sandals worn by Hermes / Mercury ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Talaria
1. winged sandals worn by various figures of classical mythology [n]
Medical Definition of Talaria
1. Small wings or winged shoes represented as fastened to the ankles, chiefly used as an attribute of Mercury. Origin: L, from talaris pertaining to the ankles, fr. Talus ankle. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Talaria
Literary usage of Talaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Catalogue of Engraved Gems in the British Museum (Department of Greek and by Arthur Hamilton Smith, Alexander Stuart Murray (1888)
"Hermes running to 1., holding the infant Dionysos upon 1. arm; caduceus in r.
hand ; wears petasus, chlamys, talaria. Paste. 688. ..."
2. The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria by George Dennis (1848)
"... the case of the evil spirits, the flaps and all the leg below them are red ;
and where the flesh is red, the buskins are black. talaria, however, would ..."
3. A Catalogue of the Greek and Etruscan Vases in the British Museum by Samuel Birch, Charles Thomas Newton (1851)
"f ,j " the finest archaic style; Perseus killing the Gorgon, Medusa ; he is
beardless, wears the petasus, talaria and an embroidered ..."
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