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pĕtaurista and -es , ae, m., = πεταυριστής,
I.a tumbler, vaulter, rope-dancer.
I. Lit.: petauristae a veteribus dicebantur qui saltibus vel schemis levioribus moverentur, et haec proprietas a Graecā nominatione descendit, ἀπὸ τοῦ πετᾶσθαι, Non. 56, 26; Varr. ap. Non. 1. 1.; cf.: petauristas Lucilius a petauro appellatos existimare videtur. At Aelius Stilo, quod in aëre volent, Fest. p. 206 Müll.—
II. Transf., of animals that leap very high, Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 115.
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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.115
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