wing (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. āla2. pennae, ārum (feathers)II. Fig.1. cornu (extremity, w. of an army)2. āla (prop. the cavalry stationed on the wing) • wing (subs.): I. Lit.: 1. āla: cocks clap their w.s, galli plausu premunt alas, Enn. in Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57: that they (the bees) may be able to spread their w.s to the summer sun, ut possint alas pandere ad aestivum solem, Virg. G. 4, 27. 2. pennae, ārum (feathers): birds keep their young warm beneath their w.s, aves pullos pennis fovent, Cic. N. D. 2, 52, 129: to unfold the w.s, explicare pennas, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 55: bees shake their w.s, apes pennis coruscant, Virg. G. 4, 73. Fig.: those who had clipped my w.s would not have them grow again, qui mihi pennas inciderant nolunt easdem renasci, Cic. Att. 4, 2, 5: to be on the w., volare: v. to fly. II. Fig.: (i.) the wing of an army: 1. cornu (extremity, w. of an army): the enemy's line was repulsed on the left w., hostium acies a sinistro cornu pulsa est, Caes. B. G. 1, 52. 2. āla (prop. the cavalry stationed on the wing): the right w., dextera ala, Liv. 27, 2. Phr.: the cavalry on the w., alarii equites, Liv. 40, 40. (ii.) the wing of a building: āla: Vitr. 6, 4, 28.