saltuum
Dictionary entries
- 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.);
gen. pl.
Examples
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...copia ad hostem pergit, compositum iam per angustias saltuum. quidam audentius apertis in collibus visebantur, quos dux Romanus..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...conatus est. specie venandi omissis maritimis locis avia saltuum petiit, mox pernicitate equi ad amnem Pyramum contendit, cuius..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...bellorum et sortem hominum. praemisso Caecina ut occulta saltuum scrutaretur pontesque et aggeres umido paludum et fallacibus campis..."