saltus

Latin saltus (“a leap”)

saltus (plural saltus)

1. A break of continuity in time.
2. A leap from premises to conclusion.

• S. Austl., Saults, saults, tussal

saltus

1. conditional of salti

saltus

1. conditional of saltar

From saliō +‎ -tus.

saltus m (genitive saltūs); fourth declension

1. a leap, jump; a leaping

   Natura non facit saltus.

   Nature does not make leaps.

Fourth declension.

• saltuātim
• saltus lunae

Perhaps related to silva.

saltus m (genitive saltūs); fourth declension

1. A forest or mountain pasture; a pass, dale, ravine, glade.
2. (historical units of measure) A saltus, a large unit of area (especially) in relation to tracts of public land.

Fourth declension.

• (unit of area): decempeda (¹⁄_230,400 saltus); clima (¹⁄₆₄₀₀ saltus); actus (¹⁄₁₆₀₀ saltus); iugerum (¹⁄₈₀₀ saltus); heredium (¹⁄₄₀₀ saltus); centuria (¼ saltus)

• saltuārius
• saltuēnsis
• saltuōsus

• English: saltus
• Fala: soitu
• Galician: souto
• Portuguese: souto
• Spanish: soto

• saltus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• saltus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saltus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• saltus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

saltus

1. accusative plural masculine form of salts