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saltus
saltus
See also: ŝaltus
Latin
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of saliō (“leap, jump, spring”).
Participle
saltus m (feminine salta, neuter saltum); first/second declension
- leapt, jumped, having been jumped.
- having sprung forth, having flowed down.
- (of male animals) having mounted for copulation.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | saltus | salta | saltum | saltī | saltae | salta | |
| genitive | saltī | saltae | saltī | saltōrum | saltārum | saltōrum | |
| dative | saltō | saltō | saltīs | ||||
| accusative | saltum | saltam | saltum | saltōs | saltās | salta | |
| ablative | saltō | saltā | saltō | saltīs | |||
| vocative | salte | salta | saltum | saltī | saltae | salta | |
Noun
saltus m (genitive saltūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | saltus | saltūs |
| genitive | saltūs | saltuum |
| dative | saltuī | saltibus |
| accusative | saltum | saltūs |
| ablative | saltū | saltibus |
| vocative | saltus | saltūs |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Possibly related to silva.
Noun
saltus m (genitive saltūs); fourth declension
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | saltus | saltūs |
| genitive | saltūs | saltuum |
| dative | saltuī | saltibus |
| accusative | saltum | saltūs |
| ablative | saltū | saltibus |
| vocative | saltus | saltūs |
Descendants
References
- saltus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- saltus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SALTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “saltus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.