desultor

English

Etymology

From Latin desultor.

Noun

desultor (plural desultors)

  1. (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

Noun

dēsultor m (genitive dēsultōris); third declension

  1. (literal) leaper, vaulter
  2. (sports) A sort of riders, who, in the circus-games, leaped from one horse to another without stopping.
  3. (figurative) A fickle, inconstant person.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dēsultor dēsultōrēs
genitive dēsultōris dēsultōrum
dative dēsultōrī dēsultōribus
accusative dēsultōrem dēsultōrēs
ablative dēsultōre dēsultōribus
vocative dēsultor dēsultōrēs

Descendants

  • → English: desultor
  • → Italian: desultore

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.
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