āla ae, f for * axla

— dim. of axis, a wing: aquila suspensis demissa leniter alis, L.: stridentes, V.

— Fig.: mors alis circumvolat atris, H.: furva, Tb.: iocunda, Pr.: fulminis ocior alis, V.: timor addidit alas, i. e. speed, V.

—Of sails: velorum pandimus alas, V.

—In man, the armpit, L.: aliquid sub alā portare, H.

—Of an army, the wing, usu. including the cavalry and the auxiliaries, C., L.

— A division of cavalry: Campanorum, L.: mille ferme equitum, L.

—Poet.: Dum trepidant alae, while the troops are in hot pursuit, V.