salientem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →salio, salire, salivi, salitus:
Verb · 4th conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
salt, salt down, preserve with salt; sprinkle before sacrifice;; leap, jump; move suddenly/spasmodically (part of body under stress), twitch;; spurt, discharge, be ejected under force (water/fluid); mount/cover (by stud);
acc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →saliens, salientis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
fountain, jet d'eau; outflow (of water); flow in water-clock; gushing/spouting;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ante focum plenas explicuisse plagas et piscem tremula salientem ducere saeta flauaque de rubro promere mella cado? pinguis..."- M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...enim venuste Manlium suram multum in agendo discursantem salientem, manus iactantem, togam deicientem et reponentem, non agere dixit..." - P
Liber III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...incensos aestus auertere et inter ima ferire pedis salientem sanguine uenam, Bisaltae quo more solent acerque Gelonus..."
