desiliens
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desilio, desilire, desilivi, desultus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
leap/jump down, dismount, alight; (chariot); jump headlong, venture heedlessly;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber XXIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...descenderet ex equo inclamauit, tum demum desiliens 'experiri' inquit 'uolui, fili, satin scires consulem te esse..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...subiacet, strepitu visuque iucunda; nam ex edito desiliens aqua suscepta marmore albescit. Idem cubiculum hieme tepidissimum, quia plurimo..."
