leap (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig. • leap (v.): I. Lit.: sălio, ii and ni, tum, 4: to l. (down) from a wall, s. de muro, Liv. 24, 24: Virg. Fig.: of the motion of a water-fall, Virg. E. 5, 47: Hor. II. Fig.: exsulto, 1: to l. for joy, laetitia [gaudio] ex., Cic.: v. joy (subs.).