saltus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →salio, salire, salivi, saltus:
Verb · 4th conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
leap, jump; move suddenly/spasmodically (part of body under stress), twitch;; spurt, discharge, be ejected under force (water/fluid); mount/cover (by stud);
nom. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →saltus, saltus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
leap, spring, jump; stage, step;; narrow passage (forest/mountain); defile, pass; woodland with glades (pl.);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. pl.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...excussi placuere tori, mox reddita uictor 605quoslibet in saltus comitantibus agmina tauris inuito pastore trahit, sic uiribus inpar..."Hannibal
Cornelius Nepos
"...praeter Herculem Graium transierat, quo facto is hodie saltus Graius appellatur, Alpicos conantes prohibere transitu concidit; loca patefecit..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...expirans calidum de pectore flumen; at mater viridis saltus orbata peragrans novit humi pedibus vestigia pressa bisulcis, omnia..."Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...talis aspice rugas quales, umbriferos ubi pandit Thabraca saltus, in uetula scalpit iam mater simia bucca. plurima sunt..."Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...patri quam filius. 'unde igitur tot Quintilianus habet saltus?' exempla nouorum fatorum transi. felix et pulcher et acer..."Liber IV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...excussa Kalendis, duxit et aestates synthesis una decem. Saltus aprum, campus leporem tibi misit inemptum, silua grauis turdos..."Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...fallere visco inventum et magnos canibus circumdare saltus. Omnia enim ista sagacitas hominum, non sapientia invenit..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...turritaque summisdisponit castella iugis magnoque recessu 40amplexus fines saltus nemorosaque tesquaet siluas uastaque feras indagine claudit.non desunt campi..."