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|lshtext=<b>āla</b>: ae, f. for axla, contr. from [[axilla]], Cic. Or. 45, 153; cf. ἄγχος = [[ὦμος]] (Hesych.) = [[shoulder]] = O. H. Germ. Ahsala; Germ. Achsel.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[wing]], as of a [[bird]]: galli plausu premunt [[alas]], Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26; Verg. A. 3, 226 al.: Me. Vox mihi ad aurīs advolavit. So. Ne ego [[homo]] [[infelix]] fui, qui non [[alas]] intervelli, [[that]] I did not [[pluck]] [[off]] its wings, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 170.—Poet., of the gods: Mors atris circumvolat [[alis]], Hor. S. 2, 1, 58: [[volucris]] Fati Tardavit [[alas]], id. C. 2, 17, 25: bibulae Cupidinis alae, Ov. A. A. 1, 233: furvis circumdatus [[alis]] Somnus, Tib. 2, 1, 89: me jocundis Sopor impulit [[alis]], Prop. 1, 3, 45: Madidis [[Notus]] evolat [[alis]], Ov. M. 1, 264.—Of sails: velorum pandimus [[alas]], Verg. A. 3, 520.—Of oars: [[classis]] centenis remiget [[alis]], Prop. 4, 6, 47: [[remigium]] alarum, Verg. A. 1, 301 (cf. Hom. Od. 11, 125); so [[inversely]] remi is used of wings: [[super]] [[fluctus]] alarum insistere remis, Ov. M. 5, 558 (cf. πτεροῖς ἐρέσσει, Eur. Iphig. Taur. 289; Aeschyl. Agam. 52; and cf. Lucr. 6, 743). —Of [[wind]] and [[lightning]]: [[Nisus]] Emicat et ventis et fulminis [[ocior]] [[alis]], Verg. A. 5, 319 al.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In [[man]], the [[upper]] and under [[part]] of the [[arm]], [[where]] it unites [[with]] the [[shoulder]]; the armpit, Liv. 9, 41; 30, 34: aliquid sub alā portare, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 12: hirquinae, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 51: hirsutae, Hor. Epod. 12, 5: [[halitus]] oris et alarum vitia, Plin. 21, 20, 83, § 142: [[virus]] alarum et sudores, id. 35, 15, 52, § 185: [[sudor]] alarum, Petr. 128 ([[many]] Romans were [[accustomed]] to [[pluck]] [[out]] the [[hair]] from the armpits, Sen. Ep. 114; Juv. 11, 157; v. [[alipilus]]).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In animals, the [[hollow]] [[where]] the foreleg is joined to the [[shoulder]]; the [[shoulder]] - [[blade]].—Of elephants, Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 324.—Of frogs, Plin. 9, 51, 74, § 159.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In trees and plants, the [[hollow]] [[where]] the [[branch]] unites [[with]] the [[stem]], Plin. 16, 7, 10, § 29; so id. 22, 18, 21, § 45; 25, 5, 18, § 38 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> In buildings, the wings, the [[side]] apartments on the [[right]] and [[left]] of the [[court]], the [[side]] halls or porches, the colonnades; called also in Gr. πτερά, Vitr. 6, 4, 137; 4, 7, 92.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> In milit. lang., the [[wing]] of an [[army]] ([[thus]] conceived of as a [[bird]] of [[prey]]), [[commonly]] [[composed]] of the Roman [[cavalry]] and the [[troops]] of the allies, esp. [[their]] horsemen; [[hence]], alarii in [[contrast]] [[with]] legionarii, and separated from [[them]] in [[enumeration]], also having a [[leader]], called [[praefectus]] alae, Tac. H. 2, 59 al.; cf. [[Lips]]. de Milit. Rom. 1, 10 Manut.; Cic. Fam. 2, 17 fin.; Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 51; Smith, Dict. Antiq.; [[Cincius]] ap. Gell. 16, 4, 6; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1: Alae, equites: ob hoc alae dicti, [[quia]] pedites tegunt alarum [[vice]], Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 121: peditatu, equitibus [[atque]] [[alis]] cum hostium legionibus pugnavit, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. 15, 9, 5; Cic. Off. 2, 13, 45: [[dextera]] ala (in [[alas]] divisum socialem exercitum habebat) in primā acie locata est, Liv. 31, 21; Vell. 2, 117 al.—An ala, as a [[military]] [[division]], usu. consisted of [[about]] 500 men, Liv. 10, 29.!*? Such alae gave names to [[several]] towns, [[since]] [[they]] were [[either]] levied from [[them]], quartered in [[them]], or, [[after]] the [[expiration]] of [[their]] [[time]] of [[service]], [[received]] the lands of [[such]] towns.—So, Ala Flaviana, Ala Nova, et saep. (cf. [[castrum]], II. 1. fin.).
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