alas

alas is a Latin form of alo, meaning “nourish, feed, support”.

It can also be a form of ala, “wing; armpit; wing (of an army), squadron of cavalry”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun or 2nd person singular present active subjunctive.

Found 99 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Vergil, Georgics 4.27: pontibus ut crebris possint consistere et alas

All forms of alo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.