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|lshtext=<b>dēsultor</b>: ōris, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a leaper, vaulter, the [[technical]] [[designation]] of a [[sort]] of riders, [[who]], in the [[circus]]-games, leaped from one [[horse]] to [[another]] [[without]] stopping.<br /><b>I</b> Prop., Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15; Liv. 23, 29; 44, 9; Manil. 5, 85.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[fickle]], [[inconstant]] [[person]]: amoris, an [[inconstant]] [[lover]], Ov. Am. 1, 3, 15; cf. bellorum, Sen. Suas. 1, § 8.
|lshtext=<b>dēsultor</b>: ōris, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> a leaper, vaulter, the [[technical]] [[designation]] of a [[sort]] of riders, [[who]], in the [[circus]]-games, leaped from one [[horse]] to [[another]] [[without]] stopping.<br /><b>I</b> Prop., Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15; Liv. 23, 29; 44, 9; Manil. 5, 85.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[fickle]], [[inconstant]] [[person]]: amoris, an [[inconstant]] [[lover]], Ov. Am. 1, 3, 15; cf. bellorum, Sen. Suas. 1, § 8.
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|gf=<b>dēsultŏr</b>,¹⁶ ōris, m. ([[desilio]]), cavalier qui saute d’un cheval sur un autre : Liv. 23, 29 || [fig.] qui passe d’un objet à un autre : amoris Ov. Am. 1, 3, 15, changeant, volage en amour.
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Revision as of 06:33, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēsultor: ōris, m. id.,
I a leaper, vaulter, the technical designation of a sort of riders, who, in the circus-games, leaped from one horse to another without stopping.
I Prop., Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15; Liv. 23, 29; 44, 9; Manil. 5, 85.—
II Trop., a fickle, inconstant person: amoris, an inconstant lover, Ov. Am. 1, 3, 15; cf. bellorum, Sen. Suas. 1, § 8.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

dēsultŏr,¹⁶ ōris, m. (desilio), cavalier qui saute d’un cheval sur un autre : Liv. 23, 29