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.).
leap (subs.) Copy link • leap (subs.): saltus, ūs: to take a l., s. dare, Ov. M. 4, 552 (saltu uti, Cic. Sen. 6, 19, is to practise leaping).
LEAP Copy link • LEAP 1. s. saltus: to take a leap, saltum dare (Ov.); saltu uti (Cic.). 2. v. exsilire; exsultare: to leap with joy, gaudio exsilire; gaudio or laetitiā exsultare: my heart leaped (for joy), cor meum coepit in pectus emicare (Plaut., Aul., 4, 3, 4): to leap down, desilire ex or de re (☞ rarely with a simple ablative in prose; Vid: Drak. Liv. 35, 34, 10): to leap to or upon, assilire ad aliquid, or alicui rei (assultare post-Augustan).