talaria

[tuh-lair-ee-uh]

ta·lar·i·a

[tuh-lair-ee-uh]
plural noun Classical Mythology.
the wings or winged sandals on the feet of Hermes, or Mercury.

Origin:
< Latin tālāria, noun use of neuter plural of tālāris attached to the ankles, equivalent to tāl(us) ankle + āris -ar1
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Talaria is always a great word to know.
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a Trojan prince who awarded the apple of discord to Aphrodite and was by her help enabled to abduct Helen
a member of a people whom Odysseus found existing in a state of languorous forgetfulness induced by their eating of the fruit of the legendary lotus
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talaria (təˈlɛərɪə)
 
pl n
Greek myth winged sandals, such as those worn by Hermes
 
[C16: from Latin, from tālāris belonging to the ankle, from tālus ankle]

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