desultor
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English
Etymology
Noun
desultor (plural desultors)
- (historical) A person skilled at leaping from one horse or chariot to another.
Latin
Etymology
dēsul(tum) (supine of dēsiliō (“I leap or jump down”)) + -tor (agent noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /deːˈsul.tor/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈsul.tor/,
Noun
dēsultor m (genitive dēsultōris); third declension
- (literal) leaper, vaulter
- (sports) A sort of riders, who, in the circus-games, leaped from one horse to another without stopping.
- (figurative) A fickle, inconstant person.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dēsultor | dēsultōrēs |
| Genitive | dēsultōris | dēsultōrum |
| Dative | dēsultōrī | dēsultōribus |
| Accusative | dēsultōrem | dēsultōrēs |
| Ablative | dēsultōre | dēsultōribus |
| Vocative | dēsultor | dēsultōrēs |
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Descendants
References
- “desultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- desultor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.