gallop (v.) Copy link Outline I. Of the riderII. Of the animal • gallop (v.): I. Of the rider: Phr.: to g. to a place, citato equo [citatis equis, of more than one] contendere, Caes. B. C. 3, 96; they g. away at full speed to Rome, citatis equis Romam avolant, Liv. 1, 57 (incitato equo, in same sense, Caes.: Cic.): to g. towards any one, equum immittere ad aliquem, Galb. in Cic. Fam. 10, 30, med.; equo admisso ad aliquem accurrere, Caes. B. G. 1, 22: if with hostile intent, with in; as, in Postumium equum infestum admisit, Liv. 2, 19: he puts spurs to his horse, and g.s against the consul, concitat calcaribus equum, atque in consulem dirigit, Liv. 2, 6. II. Of the animal: quadrŭpĕdo, 1 (to move the whole four feet at once: only the part. seems to occur): a horse g.ing past, equo juxta quadrupedante, Plin. 8, 45, 70: cf. Virg. Aen. 8, 596.