prosilio

prosilio

Latin

Etymology

    From prō- + saliō (jump).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    prōsiliō (present infinitive prōsilīre, perfect active prōsiluī or prōsilīvī or prōsiliī, supine prōsultum); fourth conjugation, third person-only in the passive

    1. (intransitive) to leap, jump, rush or spring forth or up
      Synonyms: saliō, trānsiliō, assiliō, exsiliō, īnsultō, exsultō
    2. (intransitive) to burst or break forth, start out, start up
    3. to hasten
      Synonyms: currō, ruō, accurrō, trepidō, prōvolō, prōripiō, properō, corripiō, festīnō, affluō, mātūrō
      Antonyms: retardō, cūnctor, moror, dubitō, prōtrahō, trahō, differō
    4. (intransitive) to leap to or attempt eagerly

    Conjugation

    References

    • prosilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • prosilio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • prosilio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.