I.v. freq. n. [id.], to spring vigorously, to leap or jump up (class.; esp. in the trop. signif.).
I. Lit.: “equi ferocitate exsultantes,” Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90: “equi,” Nep. Eum. 5: “exsultantes loligines,” Cic. Div. 2, 70, 145: pisciculi, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 66, 1: “pecora exsultantia,” Plin. 18, 35, 88, § 364: “taurus in herba,” Ov. M. 2, 864; cf. id. ib. 11, 79: “(curetes) in numerum exsultant,” i. e. dance, Lucr. 2, 631.—
B. Of inanimate subjects: “sanguis emicat exsultans alte,” Lucr. 2, 195: “pila exsultat,” Sen. Q. N. 6, 10 fin.: “exsultant aestu latices,” Verg. A. 7, 464; cf. Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114: “exsultant vada atque aestu miscentur harenae,” Verg. A. 3, 557: “glaebae,” Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179: densiores circa pampini exsultant, spring up, i. e. come up, grow up, id. 17, 22, 35, § 180: “breves (syllabae) si continuantur, exsultant,” to skip, hop, Quint. 9, 4, 91.—
II. Trop.
A. In gen., to gambol about, move freely, expatiate: “hic (in pectore) exsultat pavor ac metus,” riot, gambol, Lucr. 3, 141: “cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio,” Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf.: “in reliquis (orationibus) exsultavit audacius (Demosthenes),” id. Or. 8, 26: “assurgendi exsultandique in laudando licentia,” Quint. 2, 2, 9: “solidos novus exsultabis in actus,” will undertake with alacrity, Stat. S. 4, 4, 38.—
B. In partic., to exult, rejoice exceedingly; to run riot, to revel; to vaunt, boast: exsultantem te et praefidentem tibi repriment legum habenae, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166; cf.: “rex ille (Tarquinius) victoriis divitiisque subnixus, exsultabat insolentiā,” id. Rep. 2, 25; and: “exsultasse populum insolentiā libertatis,” id. ib. 1, 40: “exsultare eam (partem animi) in somno immoderateque jactari,” id. Div. 1, 29, 60: exsultare voluptate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 301, 7 (Rep. 3, 36 ed. Mos.): “laetitiā,” id. Clu. 5, 14; id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16 (with temere gestiens); id. Att. 15, 21, 1; Liv. 27, 2, 2: “gaudio,” Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66: “victoriā,” id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16; cf. “successu,” Verg. A. 2, 386: “gestis,” Tac. Agr. 8: “vana spe,” Quint. 6, 4, 17 et saep.: in ruinis alicujus, Cic. Balb. 26, 58: in omni crudelitate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 300, 26 (Rep. 2, 41 ed. Mos.): “Graeci exsultant, quod, etc.,” id. Att. 6, 1, 15: dum histrio in cubiculum principis exsultaverit (= ἐξορχήσαιτο, Gronov.), Tac. A. 11, 28 (al. insultaverit).—Absol.: “illa theatra (i. e. spectatores) exsultant,” Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39 Mos. N. cr.: “furorem exsultantem reprimere,” id. Sest. 44, 95; cf.: “exsultantem laetitiam comprimere,” id. Top. 22, 86: “laus in qua maxime ceterorum exsultat oratio,” id. Fin. 1, 16, 54.—Hence, ex-sultans (exult- ), antis, P. a. *
A. (Acc. to I. B. fin.) Of short syllables, skipping, hopping: “paululum morae damus inter ultimum ac proximum verbum ... alioqui sit exsultantissimum et trimetri finis,” Quint. 9, 4, 108.—
B. (Acc. to II. B.)
1. Boastful, vain-glorious: “turbati aut exsultantis animi motus,” Tac. H. 1, 17.—
2. Of an orator or an oration, diffuse, prolix: “fiunt pro grandibus tumidi ... laetis corrupti, compositis exsultantes,” Quint. 10, 2, 16; cf. id. 12, 10, 12; 8, 3, 56; 9, 4, 69 (with remissae); “10, 4, 1: Cicero supra modum exsultans et superfluens,” Tac. Dial. 18.— Hence, * Adv.: exsultanter , diffusely, at large; only comp.: “quae hilarius et quasi exsultantius scripsi,” Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.
