salto Latin · revision 9998

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *selh₂-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈsaɫ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈsal.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''saltō''' (present infinitive saltāre, perfect active saltāvī, supine saltātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Varro has ''salitō'' once, explaining the ''Saliī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the frequentative of [[saliō]] “to leap”, with [[m|la|-tō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨saliō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*sal-je-|t=to jump]], [[ine-pro|*sh₂l-ye/o-|t=to jump]], cognate with [[grc|ἅλλομαι|tr=hállomai|t=to leap]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation is Plautus, “to dance”.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to dance, with gestures and mime, as in Plautus, Scipio quoted by Macrobius, and Cicero; and transitively to represent by dancing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means to dance.^(Stelten 1995) It survives as French ''sauter'', Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''saltare'', ''saltar'' “to jump” and Romanian ''sălta'', and English ''saltate'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|dance]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To represent in dance.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[circumsaltans]]

+ * [[dēsaltō]]

+ * [[persultō]]

+ * [[praesultō]]

+ * [[saltābundus]]

+ * [[saltātiō]]

+ * [[saltātor]]

+ * [[saltātōrius]]

+ * [[saltātrīx]]

+ * [[saltātus]]

+ * [[saltitō]]

+ * [[transultō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[saliō]]

+ * [[saltus]]

+ * [[Saliī]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}