P / pĕtaurista
noun greek

pĕtaurista

gen. pĕtauristae · gender masculine · decl. 1st
and , , , = πεταυριστής
a tumbler; vaulter; rope-dancer
a tumbler, vaulter, rope-dancer.
Lit.: petauristae a veteribus dicebantur qui saltibus vel schemis levioribus moverentur, et haec proprietas a Graecā nominatione descendit, ἀπὸ τοῦ πετᾶσθαι, Non. 56, 26; Varr. ap. Non. 1. 1.; cf.: petauristas Lucilius a petauro appellatos existimare videtur. At Aelius Stilo, quod in aëre volent, Fest. p. 206 Müll.—
by extension
Transf., of animals that leap very high, Plin. 11, 33, 39, § 115.