assulto
ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος → I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
assulto: (ads-, Halm, Jan), āvi, ātum, 1,
I 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.
