dēsultor
dēsultor, ōris, m. id., a leaper, vaulter, the technical designation of a sort of riders, who, in the circus-games, leaped from one horse to another without stopping. Prop., Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15; Liv. 23, 29; 44, 9; Manil. 5, 85.— Trop., a fickle, inconstant person: amoris, an inconstant lover, Ov. Am. 1, 3, 15; cf. bellorum, Sen. Suas. 1, § 8.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
dēsultor
Headword (normalized/stripped):
desultor
Intro Text:
dēsultor, ōris, m. id., a leaper, vaulter, the technical designation of a sort of riders, who, in the circus-games, leaped from one horse to another without stopping. Prop., Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15; Liv. 23, 29; 44, 9; Manil. 5, 85.— Trop., a fickle, inconstant person: amoris, an inconstant lover, Ov. Am. 1, 3, 15; cf. bellorum, Sen. Suas. 1, § 8.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n13488
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