I.a leaping, leap, spring, bound (class.), Sen. Ep. 15, 4: saltu uti, * Cic. Sen. 6, 19: cum alacribus saltu, cum velocibus cursu certabat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Veg. Mil. 1, 9 fin.: “saltu pernici tollere corpus,” Lucr. 5, 559; cf.: “(monocoli) mirae pernicitatis ad saltum,” Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 23: “corpora saltu Subiciunt in equos,” Verg. A. 12, 287: “saltu Emicat in currum,” id. ib. 12, 326; “9, 553: saltu superare viam,” id. G. 3, 141: “saltum dare,” to make a leap, Ov. M. 4, 551; so in plur.: “dare saltus,” id. ib. 2, 165; 3, 599; 3, 683; 11, 524; cf.: “praeceps saltu sese In fluvium dedit,” Verg. A. 9, 815: “ut eadem (sc. crura ranarum) sint longis saltibus apta,” Ov. M. 15, 377.—
saltus , ūs, m. 2. salio,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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