desultor
Dictionary entries
- Entry →desulto, desultare, desultavi, desultatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
leap down (into/onto);
sg. pres. pass. ind. 1st - Entry →desultor, desultoris:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
vaulter/leaper (between horses), circus trick rider; fickle person/lover (L+S);
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...purpureusque pudor. non mihi mille placent, non sum desultor amoris: tu mihi, siqua fides, cura perennis eris. tecum..."Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uaria spectaculorum conquirere genera; nam semel quadrigis, semel desultore misso uix unius horae tempus utrumque curriculum conplebat. inter..."
