adsiluit
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adsilio, adsilire, adsilui, adsultus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
jump/leap (up/on/towards), rush/dash (at/against), assault; mount (male-female);
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Pelea voces vidit et ingenti tendentem bracchia passu, adsiluit caraque diu cervice pependit. illum nec valido spumantia pocula..."Liber IV
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...farina et obscuro locoabiecit neclegenter. Mus, escam putans,adsiluit et comprensus occubuit neci;alter similiter, deinde perit..."Metamorphoses XI
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...miles, numero praestantior omni, cum saepe adsiluit defensae moenibus urbis, spe potitur tandem laudisque accensus amore inter mille..."