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sălĭo , ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:
I.salii,Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31: “salivi,Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 (gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. ἅλλομαι; cf. salax].
I. Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.
2. Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3: “ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,Cato, R. R. 154: “personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so, “rivus,Verg. E. 5, 47: “aqua,Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82: “aquae salientes,Front. Aquaed. 9 al.: “aqua saliens,spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.: “multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,Verg. G. 1, 449; so, “grando,Ov. M. 14, 543: “farre pio placant et saliente sale,Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.: “farre pio et saliente micā,Hor. C. 3, 23, 20: “farra micaeque salientis honorem,Ov. F. 4,409: “cor salit,leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460: “pectora trepido motu,Ov. M. 8, 606: “viscera,id. ib. 6, 390: “temptatae pollice venae,id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139: “supercilium,Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105: “e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,Lucr. 1, 187.—*
II. Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens , entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes , ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.
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