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per-sulto , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. salto,
I.to leap, skip, or prance about in a place (not in Cic. or Cæs.).
I. Lit.
A. Neutr.: “in agro,” Liv. 34, 20: “solo stabili,” id. 44, 9: “ante vallum,” Tac. A. 4, 47: “notis vadis,” id. H. 5, 15: “super durata glacie stagna,” Sen. Prov. 4, 12.—
B. Act., to leap or skip through, to frisk about, range about a place: “pecudes persultant pabula,” Lucr. 1, 15: “captam Italiam,” Tac. H. 3, 49: “campos exercitu,” id. A. 11, 9: “maria (Tritonum catervae),” App. M. 4, p. 157, 2.—
II. Transf., of the voice.
A. Neutr., to sound, resound: “vox persultat,” Prud. Hamart. 10 praef.—
B. Act., to command imperiously: haec persultanti, Prud. στεφ. 1, 77.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Tacitus, Annales, 11.9
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.47
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 5.15
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.49
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.15
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 20
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 9
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