I.v. freq. n. [dissilio], to leap apart, to fly in pieces, burst asunder (poet., and in post-Aug. prose): “dissultant ripae,” Verg. A. 8, 240: “tanti crepitus,” id. ib. 12, 923: “ferrum utrimque,” Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 57: “Vulcanius ardor,” Sil. 9, 607: aquae splendor, darts here and there with tremulous motion, cf. id. 7, 143.
dissulto , āre,
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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