skip

per-sulto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [salto], to leap, skip, or prance about in a place (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.

Neutr.:

in agro,

Liv. 34, 20:

solo stabili,

id. 44, 9:

ante vallum,

Tac. A. 4, 47:

notis vadis,

id. H. 5, 15:

super durata glacie stagna,

Sen. Prov. 4, 12.—

Act., to leap or skip through, to frisk about, range about a place:

pecudes persultant pabula,

Lucr. 1, 15:

captam Italiam,

Tac. H. 3, 49:

campos exercitu,

id. A. 11, 9:

maria (Tritonum catervae),

App. M. 4, p. 157, 2.—

Transf., of the voice.

Neutr., to sound, resound:

vox persultat,

Prud. Hamart. 10 praef. —

Act., to command imperiously: haec persultanti, Prud. steph. 1, 77.

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exsulto ( exult-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [id.], to spring vigorously, to leap or jump up (class.; esp. in the trop. signif.).

Lit.:

equi ferocitate exsultantes,

Cic. Off. 1, 26, 90:

equi,

Nep. Eum. 5:

exsultantes loligines,

Cic. Div. 2, 70, 145: pisciculi, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 66, 1:

pecora exsultantia,

Plin. 18, 35, 88, § 364:

taurus in herba,

Ov. M. 2, 864; cf. id. ib. 11, 79:

(curetes) in numerum exsultant,

i. e. dance, Lucr. 2, 631.—

Of inanimate subjects:

sanguis emicat exsultans alte,

Lucr. 2, 195:

pila exsultat,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 10 fin.:

exsultant aestu latices,

Verg. A. 7, 464; cf. Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 114:

exsultant vada atque aestu miscentur harenae,

Verg. A. 3, 557:

glaebae,

Plin. 18, 19, 49, § 179: densiores circa pampini exsultant, spring up, i. e. come up, grow up, id. 17, 22, 35, § 180:

breves (syllabae) si continuantur, exsultant,

to skip, hop, Quint. 9, 4, 91.—

Trop.

In gen., to gambol about, move freely, expatiate:

hic (in pectore) exsultat pavor ac metus,

riot, gambol, Lucr. 3, 141:

cum sit campus, in quo exsultare possit oratio,

Cic. Ac. 2, 35, 112; cf.:

in reliquis (orationibus) exsultavit audacius (Demosthenes),

id. Or. 8, 26:

assurgendi exsultandique in laudando licentia,

Quint. 2, 2, 9:

solidos novus exsultabis in actus,

will undertake with alacrity, Stat. S. 4, 4, 38.—

In partic., to exult, rejoice exceedingly; to run riot, to revel; to vaunt, boast: exsultantem te et praefidentem tibi repriment legum habenae, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166; cf.:

rex ille (Tarquinius) victoriis divitiisque subnixus, exsultabat insolentiā,

id. Rep. 2, 25; and:

exsultasse populum insolentiā libertatis,

id. ib. 1, 40:

exsultare eam (partem animi) in somno immoderateque jactari,

id. Div. 1, 29, 60: exsultare voluptate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 301, 7 (Rep. 3, 36 ed. Mos.):

laetitiā,

id. Clu. 5, 14; id. Tusc. 5, 6, 16 (with temere gestiens); id. Att. 15, 21, 1; Liv. 27, 2, 2:

gaudio,

Cic. Phil. 2, 27, 66:

victoriā,

id. Rosc. Am. 6, 16; cf.

successu,

Verg. A. 2, 386:

gestis,

Tac. Agr. 8:

vana spe,

Quint. 6, 4, 17 et saep.: in ruinis alicujus, [p. 706] Cic. Balb. 26, 58: in omni crudelitate, id. Fragm. ap. Non. 300, 26 (Rep. 2, 41 ed. Mos.):

Graeci exsultant, quod, etc.,

id. Att. 6, 1, 15: dum histrio in cubiculum principis exsultaverit (= exorchêsaito, Gronov.), Tac. A. 11, 28 (al. insultaverit).— Absol.:

illa theatra (i. e. spectatores) exsultant,

Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39 Mos. N. cr.:

furorem exsultantem reprimere,

id. Sest. 44, 95; cf.:

exsultantem laetitiam comprimere,

id. Top. 22, 86:

laus in qua maxime ceterorum exsultat oratio,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 54.—Hence, ex-sultans ( exult-), antis, P. a.

(Acc. to I. B. fin.) Of short syllables, skipping, hopping:

paululum morae damus inter ultimum ac proximum verbum... alioqui sit exsultantissimum et trimetri finis,

Quint. 9, 4, 108.—

(Acc. to II. B.)

Boastful, vain-glorious:

turbati aut exsultantis animi motus,

Tac. H. 1, 17.—

Of an orator or an oration, diffuse, prolix:

fiunt pro grandibus tumidi... laetis corrupti, compositis exsultantes,

Quint. 10, 2, 16; cf. id. 12, 10, 12; 8, 3, 56; 9, 4, 69 (with remissae);

10, 4, 1: Cicero supra modum exsultans et superfluens,

Tac. Dial. 18.— Hence, * Adv.: exsultanter, diffusely, at large; only comp.:

quae hilarius et quasi exsultantius scripsi,

Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 10.

luxŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and luxŭ-rĭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 7) [luxuria], to be rank, luxuriant, abound to excess (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

ager assiduā luxuriabat aquā,

Ov. F. 4, 644:

luxuriat Phrygio sanguine pinguis humus,

id. H. 1, 53:

cacumina virgarum ne luxurientur,

Col. Arb. 11:

ne (caules) in frondem luxurient,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

in patulas comas, Ov. de Nuce, 20: ut seges in pingui luxuriabit humo,

id. A. A. 1, 360.—

Transf.

To wanton, sport, skip, bound, frisk:

(equus) luxurians,

Verg. A. 11, 497:

luxuriat pecus,

Ov. F. 1, 156:

leo luxurians,

Val. Fl. 6, 613.—

To have in abundance or excess, to abound in:

luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,

Verg. G. 3, 81:

faciem Deliciis decet luxuriare novis,

Ov. H. 16, 191.—

To swell, enlarge, grow rapidly:

membra luxuriant,

Ov. M. 7, 292.—

Trop.

Of style or language, to be luxuriant, to be too fruitful, to run riot:

luxuriantia compescet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 122; cf.:

luxuriantia astringere (stilo),

Quint. 10, 4, 1.—

To be wanton or licentious, to indulge to excess, to revel, run riot, be dissolute:

ne luxuriarentur otio animi,

Liv. 1, 19: Capuam luxuriantem felicitate, id, 23, 2; cf. Flor. 2, 15:

libertate luxuriare,

Curt. 10, 7, 11: vereor ne haec laetitia luxuriet. [p. 1089] Liv. 23, 12:

usus luxuriantis aetatis,

Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.

luxŭrĭo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and luxŭ-rĭor, ātus, 1, v. dep. (cf. Quint. 9, 3, 7) [luxuria], to be rank, luxuriant, abound to excess (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Lit.:

ager assiduā luxuriabat aquā,

Ov. F. 4, 644:

luxuriat Phrygio sanguine pinguis humus,

id. H. 1, 53:

cacumina virgarum ne luxurientur,

Col. Arb. 11:

ne (caules) in frondem luxurient,

Plin. 19, 6, 34, § 113:

in patulas comas, Ov. de Nuce, 20: ut seges in pingui luxuriabit humo,

id. A. A. 1, 360.—

Transf.

To wanton, sport, skip, bound, frisk:

(equus) luxurians,

Verg. A. 11, 497:

luxuriat pecus,

Ov. F. 1, 156:

leo luxurians,

Val. Fl. 6, 613.—

To have in abundance or excess, to abound in:

luxuriatque toris animosum pectus,

Verg. G. 3, 81:

faciem Deliciis decet luxuriare novis,

Ov. H. 16, 191.—

To swell, enlarge, grow rapidly:

membra luxuriant,

Ov. M. 7, 292.—

Trop.

Of style or language, to be luxuriant, to be too fruitful, to run riot:

luxuriantia compescet,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 122; cf.:

luxuriantia astringere (stilo),

Quint. 10, 4, 1.—

To be wanton or licentious, to indulge to excess, to revel, run riot, be dissolute:

ne luxuriarentur otio animi,

Liv. 1, 19: Capuam luxuriantem felicitate, id, 23, 2; cf. Flor. 2, 15:

libertate luxuriare,

Curt. 10, 7, 11: vereor ne haec laetitia luxuriet. [p. 1089] Liv. 23, 12:

usus luxuriantis aetatis,

Macr. S. 7, 13, 11.

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.