Lewis & Short

per-sulto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [salto], to leap, skip, or prance about in a place (not in Cic. or Cæs.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Neutr.: in agro, Liv. 34, 20: solo stabili, id. 44, 9: ante vallum, Tac. A. 4, 47: notis vadis, id. H. 5, 15: super durata glacie stagna, Sen. Prov. 4, 12.
    2. B. Act., to leap or skip through, to frisk about, range about a place: pecudes persultant pabula, Lucr. 1, 15: captam Italiam, Tac. H. 3, 49: campos exercitu, id. A. 11, 9: maria (Tritonum catervae), App. M. 4, p. 157, 2.
  2. II. Transf., of the voice.
    1. A. Neutr., to sound, resound: vox persultat, Prud. Hamart. 10 praef.
    2. B. Act., to command imperiously: haec persultanti, Prud. στεφ. 1, 77.