sally (v.) Copy link • sally (v.): ērumpo, rūpi, ptum, 3: to s. forth from a camp, e castris e., Caes. B. G. 3, 5: Sall.: Liv. In same sense, eruptionem facere, Caes. B. G. 2, 33 (a phr. suitable to denote a more formal and preconcerted movement). Somewhat different is excurrere, excursionem facere, which denote counter-movements, forays, raids, made from a city or camp, whether besieged or not: v. FORAY, RAID.
sally (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig. • sally (subs.): I. Lit.: ēruptio: v. preced. art. II. Fig.: in such phrr. as, a s. of wit, perh. *argutae et quasi se erumpentes facetiae.
SALLY Copy link • SALLYPROP., excursio: eruptio (Caes.). procursatio (Liv.). To sally, or make a sally, erumpere, facere excursionem or eruptionem (e.g., ex oppido); eruptione ex urbe pugnare; portis se foras erumpere; egredi e portis et hosti signa inferre. Figuratively, impetus, aestus (e.g., ingenii, a sally of wit).