verb transitive intransitive

per-sulto

2nd PP per-sultāre · 3rd PP per-sultāvi · 4th PP per-sultātum · conj. 1st

to leap; skip; prance about

to leap, skip, or prance about in a place (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

Neutr ••

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.—

to leap; skip through; to frisk about ••

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.—

by extension

Transf., of the voice.

Neutr; to sound; resound •

Neutr., to sound, resound: vox persultat, Prud. Hamart. 10 praef.—

to command imperiously

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

Perseus ID: n35592 Key: persulto