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..."- G
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..." - P
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..."