λόγῳ ἀναλίσκω τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἡμέρας → waste the day in idle talk, consume the duration of the day with talk
adsultim ADV :: by leaps, by hops; by leaps and bounds
adsultim (adsilio), en sautant, par sauts : Plin. 11, 79.