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..."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..."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..."
