adsulto

assulto ( ads-, Halm, Jan), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [id.], to jump or leap to a place, to jump or leap; constr. absol., with dat. or acc. (only post-Aug.).

I.

In gen.:

(canis elephanto) adsultans,

Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150:

feminae pellibus accinctae adsultabant, ut sacrificantes Bacchae,

Tac. A. 11, 31.—

II.

Esp., of warlike operations, to attack, assault:

tertiā vigiliā adsultatum est castris,

Tac. A. 2, 13:

telis adsultantes,

id. ib. 12, 35:

adsultare ex diverso Tiridates,

id. ib. 13, 40:

adsultante per campos equite,

id. H. 4, 22:

latera adsultare,

id. A. 1, 51:

portarum moras frenis et hastis,

Stat. Th. 4, 243; Sil. 7, 401.—

III.

Transf., of things:

duo montes crepitu maximo adsultantes,

Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199.