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|lshtext=<b>salto</b>: ([[once]] salĭto, Varr. L. L. 5, § 85 Müll., [[Salii]] a salitando), āvi, ātum, 1,<br /><b>I</b> v. freq. n. and a. [2. [[salio]], to [[dance]] (in the widest signif. of the [[word]], including pantomime and gesticulation; [[mostly]] [[with]] a [[contemptuous]] [[accessory]] signif.).<br /><b>I</b> Neutr.: vidi in his unum puerum bullatum, non minorem annis [[duodecim]], cum crotalis saltare, [[quam]] saltationem [[impudicus]] [[servulus]] [[honeste]] saltare non posset, [[Scipio]] Afric. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10 (v. the [[whole]] [[chapter]] on this [[subject]]); cf. Cic. Pis. 10, 22; id. Deiot. 9, 26; id. Mur. 6, 13; id. Off. 3, 24, 93: in [[foro]] (as an [[indecorum]]), id. ib. 3, 19, 75: [[quin]] scire velim saltare puellam, Ov. A. A. 3, 349: fac saltet, id. R. Am. 334: Sa. Salta, saltabo ego [[simul]]. Ste. Siquidem mihi saltandum est, tum vos [[date]], bibat, tibicini, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 14; 5, 5, 16; cf.: ad tibicinis modos (ludiones), Liv. 7, 2: tu [[inter]] eas restim ductans saltabis, Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 34: negarem posse eum (sc. oratorem) satisfacere in gestu, [[nisi]] palaestram, [[nisi]] saltare didicisset, Cic. de Or. 3, 22, 83: si vox est, [[canta]]; si mollia bracchia, salta, Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 14; id. Matt. 14, 6.—Prov.: cecinimus [[vobis]], et non saltastis, Vulg. Matt. 11, 17; cf. Luc. 7, 32.— Impers. [[pass]].: cantatur ac saltatur per omnes gentes, Quint. 2, 17, 10.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., of an [[orator]], to [[speak]] in a jerking [[manner]], i. e. in [[little]] clauses: [[Hegesias]] dum imitari Lysiam vult, saltat incidens particulas, Cic. Or. 67, 226.—<br /><b>II</b> Act., to [[dance]], i. e. to [[represent]] by [[dancing]] and gesticulation, to [[perform]] in pantomime a [[play]] or a [[part]] (not [[ante]]-Aug.): [[pantomimus]] [[Mnester]] tragoediam saltavit, [[quam]] [[olim]] [[Neoptolemus]] [[tragoedus]] egerat, Suet. Calig. 57; so, pyrrhicham, id. Caes. 39: [[aliquam]] mimo saltante puellam, Ov. A. A. 1, 501: Cyclopa, Hor. S. 1, 5, 63: Glaucum, Vell. 2, 83, 2: Turnum Vergilii, Suet. Ner. 54: odaria, to [[accompany]] [[with]] [[dancing]], Petr. 53, 11: laudes alicujus, Plin. [[Pan]]. 54, 1.—Pass.: ficti saltantur amantes, Ov. R. Am. 755: saltata poëmata, recited [[with]] an [[accompaniment]] of [[dancing]], id. Tr. 2, 519; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 25: [[plerique]] jactant cantari saltarique commentarios suos, Tac. Or. 26: saltatur [[Venus]], saltatur et Magna Mater, Arn. 4, n. 35.

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