I.a (religious) dance (not ante-Aug., and very rare): “(Numa Salios) per urbem ire canentes carmina cum tripudiis sollennique saltatu jussit,” Liv. 1, 20; so Sen. Troad. 786; Lact. 1, 21 fin.—Plur.: “saltatibus apta juventus,” Ov. M. 14, 637.
saltātus , ūs, m. salto,