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.
A. Lit. (class.): “ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,” Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111: “saliendo sese exercebant,” Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8: “calamo salientes ducere pisces,” Ov. M. 3, 587: “vexare uterum pueris salientibus,” Juv. 6, 599 et saep.: “saxo salire,” Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.: “de muro (with praecipitari),” Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: “in aquas,” Ov. Ib. 554: “super vallum,” Liv. 25, 39: “super scuta,” on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13: “ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,” Hor. C. 2, 18, 26: “saliet, tundet pede terram,” id. A. P. 430: “salias terrae gravis,” id. Ep. 1, 14, 26: “per praecipitia et praerupta,” Liv. 27, 18: “per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,” Ov. F. 4, 805: “unctos saluere per utres,” Verg. G. 2, 384: “medio cum saluere foro,” Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52. “saliunt in gurgite ranae,” Ov. M. 6, 381. —
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.