resulto

rĕsulto, no perf., ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [resilio], to spring or leap back, to rebound ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose; only of inanimate or abstract subjects).

I.

Lit.:

(corpora) conflicta resultant, etc.,

Lucr. 2, 98 and 101:

tela irrita galeā clipeoque,

Verg. A. 10, 330:

aqua objectu lapillorum,

Quint. 12, 2, 11; cf.:

unda scissa, Petr. poët. Sat. 89, 2, 31: illisum caput scopulis resultat,

Sen. Hippol. 1064.— Of animals: resultabunt canes ululantibus lupis, Amm 31, 1, 2.—

B.

In partic., of sound, to reverberate, resound, re-echo:

ubi concava pulsu Saxa sonant vocisque offensa resultat imago,

Verg. G. 4, 50:

inimica est (apibus) echo resultanti sono,

Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65:

murmur in duris,

id. 2, 80, 82, § 193. —

2.

Transf., of places or things that return a sound, to resound, re-echo, reverberate, ring, etc.:

pulsati colles clamore resultant,

Verg. A. 5, 150:

colles,

id. ib. 8, 305:

saltus,

Tac. A. 1, 65:

juga longa,

Stat. Th. 2, 714:

tecta vocibus,

Plin. Pan. 73:

aera percussis incudibus,

Mart. 9, 69, 5:

parma pulsu umbonum,

Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 629:

resultantibus armis et tubis,

Amm. 20, 11, 21:

resultantibus lituis,

id. 19, 6, 10.—With a homogeneous object:

sonum (saxa),

App. M. 5, p. 161, 38; Calp. Ecl. 4, 5.—

II.

Trop., of pronunciation, etc., to leap, hop: (verba) ne brevium (syllabarum) contexu resultent, produce a jumping or jerking effect, Quint. 9, 4, 66:

praeceps ac resultans (in oratione, opp. tardum et segne),

id. 9, 4, 83; cf. id. 11, 3, 183; 12, 10, 73:

ut barbara nomina Graecis versibus non resultent,

i. e. are unfit for, unsuiled to, Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 3.