make a leap

saltus, ūs, m. [2. salio], a leaping, leap, spring, bound (class.), Sen. Ep. 15, 4: saltu uti, * Cic. Sen. 6, 19: cum alacribus saltu, cum velocibus cursu certabat, Sall. Fragm. ap. Veg. Mil. 1, 9 fin.:

saltu pernici tollere corpus,

Lucr. 5, 559; cf.:

(monocoli) mirae pernicitatis ad saltum,

Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 23:

corpora saltu Subiciunt in equos,

Verg. A. 12, 287:

saltu Emicat in currum,

id. ib. 12, 326;

9, 553: saltu superare viam,

id. G. 3, 141:

saltum dare,

to make a leap, Ov. M. 4, 551; so in plur.:

dare saltus,

id. ib. 2, 165; 3, 599; 3, 683; 11, 524; cf.:

praeceps saltu sese In fluvium dedit,

Verg. A. 9, 815:

ut eadem (sc. crura ranarum) sint longis saltibus apta,

Ov. M. 15, 377.—

Trop.:

ab egestate infimā ad saltum sublati divitiarum ingentium,

Amm. 22, 4, 3.

saltus, ūs ( gen. salti, Att. ap. Non. 486, 1), m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go; v. Corss. Ausspr. 2, 71], a woody district, uncultivated but used for pasture, a forest-pasture, woodland-pasture, woodland (level or mountainous); freq. and class.; cf.: silva, nemus, lucus).

Lit.: saltus est, ubi silvae et pastiones sunt, quarum causā casae quoque. Si qua particula in eo saltu pastorum aut custodum causā aratur ea res non peremit nomen saltui, non magis quam fundi, qui est in agro culto, et ejus causā habet aedificium, si qua particula in eo habet silvam, Ael. Gall. ap. Fest. p. 302 Müll.; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 6, 10:

conductor saltūs, in quo fundus est,

Dig. 19, 1, 52:

in saltu habente habitationes,

ib. 3, 5, 27:

saltum pascuum locare,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

silvestribus saltibus delectantur,

Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 6:

saltibus in vacuis pascunt,

Verg. G. 3, 143:

floriferis in saltibus,

Lucr. 3, 11:

de saltu agroque vi detruditur,

Cic. Quint. 6, 28:

silvis aut saltibus se eripere,

Caes. B. G. 6, 43 fin.; cf.:

montium domina ut fores, Silvarumque virentium Saltuumque reconditorum,

Cat. 34, 11; so (with silvae) Verg. G. 3, 40; 4, 53; id. A. 4, 72; Ov. M. 2, 498; (with nemora) Verg. E. 10, 9; cf.:

in silvestrem saltum,

Curt. 4, 3, 21:

unde tot Quinctilianus habet saltus,

Juv. 7, 188; 10, 194; Hor. C. 2, 3, 17; 3, 4, 15; id. E. 2, 2, 178.—In the poets also as the abode of wild animals:

saepire plagis saltum canibusque ciere,

Lucr. 5, 1251; Verg. G. 1, 140; 2, 471; id. A. 4, 121:

saltus venatibus apti,

Ov. H. 5, 17; id. M. 2, 498.—

Esp., a narrow pass, ravine, mountain - valley:

omnia vada ac saltus hujus paludis certis custodiis obtinebat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

Pyrenaeos saltus occupari jubet,

id. B. C. 1, 37; cf. id. ib. 1, 37 fin.; 1, 38;

3, 19: saltu angusto superatis montibus,

Liv. 42, 53; cf.:

angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

id. 28, 1:

ante saltum Thermopylarum in septentrionem versa Epirus,

id. 36, 15:

premendo praesidiis angustos saltus inclusit,

id. 40, 40; cf.:

nemorum jam claudite saltus,

Verg. E. 6, 56:

saltibus degressi scrupulosis et inviis,

Amm. 19, 13, 1.—

In partic., in agriculture, a portion of the public lands, consisting of four centuriae, Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2.—

Transf., = pudendum muliebre, Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 41; id. Curc. 1, 1, 56.—

Trop.:

meumque erum ex hoc saltu damni salvum ut educam foras,

from this forest of danger, this ticklish situation, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 28; v. Ritschl ad h. 1.

transĭlĭo or trans-sĭlĭo, īvi or ŭi (the former in Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 38; Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 9; the latter in Ov. F. 4, 727; Liv. 1, 7, 2; Auct. B. Hisp. 19, 3; Flor. 3, 3, 12 al.;

transilii,

Sen. Ep. 39, 5), 4, v. n. and a. [salio], to leap, jump, or spring across, to leap over, spring over, etc. (class.).

Lit.

Neutr.:

illac per hortum transilivit ad nos,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 38:

de muro ad nos, Auct. B. Hisp. 19, 3: transilire ex humilioribus in altiorem navem,

Liv. 30, 25, 6:

in hostium naves, Auct. B. Alex. 46, 4: per Thraciam, Macedoniam et Graeciam,

i. e. to hasten through, Flor. 3, 5, 25:

hinc in Aegyptum subito,

id. 4, 2, 6. —

Act.:

fama est, ludibrio fratris Remum novos transiluisse muros,

Liv. 1, 7, 2:

positas flammas,

Ov. F. 4, 727:

retia,

Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 31:

amnem,

Flor. 3, 3, 12:

vada,

Hor. C. 1, 3, 24:

quaternos senosque equos,

i. e. to leap from one to the other, Flor. 3, 3, 10.—

In partic., to go quickly over to, hasten to join a party:

eadem aetas Neronis principatu ad Thessalum transilivit,

Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 9. —

Trop.

Neutr., to hasten, make haste, pass rapidly (very rare):

ad ornamenta ea (i. e. aureos anulos) etiam servitute liberati transiliunt,

Plin. 33, 2, 8, § 33:

onyx in gemmam transilit ex lapide Caramaniae,

the name Onyx passed over, was transferred, id. 37, 6, 24, § 90 dub. (v. Jan. ad loc.).—

Act. (class.):

transilire ante pedes posita et alia longe repetita sumere,

to skip over, neglect, Cic. de Or. 3, 40, 160:

ne rem unam pulcherrimam transiliat oratio,

to pass by, omil, id. Phil. 2, 33, 84:

quid est in principatu tuo quod cujusquam praedicatio vel transilire vel praetervehi debeat?

Plin. Pan. 56, 2:

non transilivi principis nostri consulatum,

id. ib. 56, 66:

proxima pars vitae transilienda meae,

Ov. P. 1, 2, 146:

ne quis modici transiliat munera Liberi,

i. e. enjoy to excess, Hor. C. 1, 18, 7.

fĕrĭo, īre (archaic FERINVNT for feriunt; acc. to Fest. s. v. nequinunt, p. 162, 24 Müll.; part. fut. feriturus, Serv. Verg. A. 7, 498. The perf. forms are supplied by percutio, v. Varr. L. L. 9, 55, § 98 Müll.), 4, v. a. [perh. Sanscr. dhūr-, injure, destroy; Lat. ferus, ferox; Gr. thêr; Aeol. phêr; cf. Gr. thourios, impetuous, thorein, to leap; and Lat. furere, furia, etc.], to strike, smite, beat, knock, cut, thrust, hit (class.; syn.: icio, percutio, verbero, vapulo, pulso, tundo, pavio).

Lit.

In gen.:

fores,

to knock, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 63; cf.

parietem,

Cic. Cael. 24, 59:

murum arietibus,

to batter, shake, Sall. J. 76, 6:

pugiles adversarium,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23 fin.: jacere telum, voluntatis est;

ferire quem nolueris, fortunae,

to strike, id. Top. 17, 64:

partem corporis sibi,

Lucr. 2, 441:

frontem,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1:

femur,

Quint. 11, 3, 123:

pectora solito plangore,

Ov. M. 4, 554; cf.:

calce feritur aselli,

id. F. 3, 755: uvas pede (rusticus), to stamp or tread, Tib. 2, 5, 85:

feriri a serpente,

to be stung, Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 71; cf. Ov. Ib. 481:

cetera (venenata animalia) singulos feriunt,

id. ib. 23:

tabulam malleo,

Cels. 6, 7 fin.: stricto ferit retinacula ferro, cuts to pieces (shortly before:

incidere funes),

Verg. A. 4, 580: certatim socii feriunt mare et aequora verrunt, strike, lash (in rowing), id. ib. 3, 290: ut frontem ferias, that you may beat your brow, i. e. be provoked, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 1.— Poet.:

sublimi feriam sidera vertice,

hit, touch, Hor. C. 1, 1, 36; cf. in the foll. 2.— Absol.:

pugno ferire vel calce,

Quint. 2, 8, 13; cf. Hor. S. 2, 7, 99:

occursare capro, cornu ferit ille, caveto,

pushes, butts, Verg. E. 9, 25.—

Of inanim. and abstr. subjects:

principio omnibus a rebus, quascumque videmus, Perpetuo fluere ac mitti spargique necesse est Corpora, quae feriant oculos visumque lacessant,

strike, touch, Lucr. 6, 923:

oculos (corpora, simulacra),

id. 4, 217; 257:

oculorum acies (res),

id. 4, 691:

speciem colore (res),

id. 4, 243; cf.:

his spectris etiam si oculi possent feriri, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 15, 16, 2:

feriuntque summos fulmina montes,

Hor. C. 2, 10, 11:

nec semper feriet, quodcumque minabitur, arous,

id. A. P. 350; cf.:

si fractus illabatur orbis, Impavidum ferient ruinae,

id. C. 3, 3, 8:

nec levius tabulae laterum feriuntur ab undis, Quam, etc.,

Ov. Tr. 2, 47.— Poet.: ferientia terram corpora, smiting (in falling), Luc. 4, 786:

sole fere radiis foriente cacumina primis,

hitting, touching, Ov. M. 7, 804:

palla imos ferit alba pedes,

touches, reaches to, Val. Fl. 1, 385:

ferit aethera clamor,

Verg. A. 5, 140:

feriat dum maesta remotas Fama procul terras,

extends to, Luc. 5, 774.—

In partic.

To kill by striking, to give a deathblow, to slay, kill: hostem, Enn. ap. Cic. Balb. 22, 51 (Ann. v. 284 ed. Vahl.); Sall. C. 7, 6; 60, 4; id. J. 85, 33; cf.:

aliquem securi feriri,

to be beheaded, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 30, § 75:

aliquem telo trabali,

Verg. A. 12, 295:

retiarium (mirmillo),

Quint. 6, 3, 61:

te (maritum),

Hor. C. 3, 11, 43:

leonem atque alias feras primus aut in primis ferire,

Sall. J. 6, 1:

aprum,

Ov. M. 3, 715.—

Of the animals for sacrifice, to kill, slaughter; and hence, to offer, sacrifice:

nos humilem feriemus agnam,

Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

vaccam Proserpinae,

Verg. A. 6, 251; cf. the form of oath in making a compact (when a swine was sacrificed): SI PRIOR DEFEXIT [p. 737] (populus Romanus) PVBLICO CONSILIO DOLO MALO, TV ILLO DIE IVPPITER, POPVLVM ROMANVM SIC FERITO, VT EGO HVNC PORCVM HIC HODIE FERIAM:

TANTOQVE MAGIS FERITO, QVANTO MAGIS POTES POLLESQVE,

Liv. 1, 24, 8:

Quid aut sponsoribus in foedere opus esset aut obsidibus, ubi precatione res transigitur? per quem populum fiat, quo minus legibus dictis stetur, ut eum ita Juppiter feriat, quemadmodum a Fetialibus porcus feriatur,

id. 9, 5, 3. (Cf. also:

Jovis ante aram Stabant et caesā jungebant foedera porcă,

Verg. A. 8, 641).— Hence,

Transf., foedus ferire, to make a compact, covenant, or treaty (in Hebrew in precisely the same manner,): accipe daque fidem, foedusque feri bene firmum, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 33 ed. Vahl.):

is, quicum foedus feriri in Capitolio viderat,

Cic. Rab. Post. 3, 6:

videret ut satis honestum foedus feriretur,

id. Inv. 2, 30, 92:

amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,

to form illicit connections, id. Cael. 14, 34:

Tarchon jungit opes foedusque ferit,

Verg. A. 10, 154 al. —

Of money, to strike, stamp, coin:

asses sextantario pondere,

Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44. Thus the designation of a triumvir monetalis is III. VIR. A. A. A. F. F., i. e. Triumvir auro argento aeri flando feriundo, Inscr. Orell. 569.

Trop.

In gen.:

quae faciliora sunt philosophis, quo minus multa patent in eorum vita, quae fortuna feriat,

reaches, affects, Cic. Off. 1, 21, 73:

accidit, ut ictu simili (i. e. morte propinqui) ferirer,

was struck with a similar blow, Quint. 6 praef. §

3: verba palato,

to bring out, utter, speak, Hor. S. 2, 3, 274; cf.:

sonat vox, ut feritur,

Quint. 11, 3, 61:

feriunt animum (sententiae),

id. 12, 10, 48:

ut omnis sensus in fine sermonis feriat aurem,

id. 8, 5, 13; cf. id. 9, 3, 4.— Absol.:

binis aut ternis ferire verbis,

Cic. Or. 67, 226:

videtur Chrysippus medium ferire voluisse,

i. e. to avoid extremes, id. Fat. 17, 39.—

In partic., to cozen, cheat, gull, trick (mostly in vulg. lang.;

not in Cic.): ubi illa pendentem ferit, jam amplius orat,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 19; Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 13:

cum ferit astutos comica moecha Getas,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 44:

austeros arte ferire viros,

id. 3, 3 (4, 2), 50.—

To punish, inflict punishment: aliquem condemnatione centum librarum auri, Cod. 11, 11, 1.