verb intransitive

as-sĭlĭo

2nd PP as-sĭlīre · 3rd PP assultum · conj. 4th

(, Kayser; and , Merk.), sĭlui (cf. Prisc. p. 906 P., and Jahn ad Ov. M. 11, 526), , 2. salio

to leap; spring to; upon

to leap or spring to or upon something.

to leap; dash against; upon ••

Lit. (most freq. poet.): Cum saepe adsiluit defensae moenibus urbis, Ov. M. 11, 526: adsiliens admissarius, Col. 6, 37, 9: torpedo adsultantes pisciculos attrahens, donec tam prope accedant, ut adsiliat, Plin. 9, 42, 67, § 143; Val. Fl. 1, 257: in ferrum, Sil. 10, 2 et saep.—Poet. freq. of water, to leap or dash against or upon a thing (cf. 2. salio): tactumque vereri Assilientis aquae, Ov. M. 6, 107, and id. F. 5, 612: Adsiliunt fluctus, id. ib. 3, 591: (insulae) quas spumifer adsilit Aegon, Stat. Th. 5, 56 al.—

to jump to figuratively

Trop.: nam neque adsiliendum statim est ad genus illud orationis, to jump to, * Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 213; Sen. Contr. 5 praef.

Perseus ID: n4068 Key: assilio