talaria - n., winged sandals.
Particularly, the winged sandals worn by Hermes/Mercury, which let him fly. From not Greek but Latin, the plural genative of talus, ankle -- so literally, "of the ankles."
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Particularly, the winged sandals worn by Hermes/Mercury, which let him fly. From not Greek but Latin, the plural genative of talus, ankle -- so literally, "of the ankles."
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