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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..."