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verb transitive intransitive

ab-sĭlĭo

2nd PP ab-sĭlīre · 3rd PP ab-sĭlii / ab-sĭlui · conj. 4th
to leap; spring away; to leap off •
sup., 4, v. n. and a. [salio], to leap or spring away, to leap off: procul, Luer. 6, 1217.—With acc. rei (as in Gr. φεύγειν τι): nidos tepentes absiliunt (aves), fly from their warm nests, Stat. Th. 6, 97.
Perseus ID: n210 Key: absilio