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* assultim (ads-), adv. [assilio], by leaps or bounds: assultim ingredi, Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 79 Sillig.

assulto (ads-, Halm, Jan), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [id.], to jump or leap to a place, to jump or leap; constr. absol., with dat. or acc. (only post-Aug.).

  1. I. In gen.: (canis elephanto) adsultans, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150: feminae pellibus accinctae adsultabant, ut sacrificantes Bacchae, Tac. A. 11, 31.
  2. II. Esp., of warlike operations, to attack, assault: tertiā vigiliā adsultatum est castris, Tac. A. 2, 13: telis adsultantes, id. ib. 12, 35: adsultare ex diverso Tiridates, id. ib. 13, 40: adsultante per campos equite, id. H. 4, 22: latera adsultare, id. A. 1, 51: portarum moras frenis et hastis, Stat. Th. 4, 243; Sil. 7, 401.
  3. III. Transf., of things: duo montes crepitu maximo adsultantes, Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199.

assultus (ads-), ūs, m. [assilio], a leaping to or toward, an attack, assault: locum variis adsultibus urget, Verg. A. 5, 442: adsultibus et velocitate corporum uti, Tac. A. 2, 21.