desultor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dēsultor, ōris, m. [desilio], a leaper, vaulter, the technical designation of a sort of riders, who, in the circus-games, leaped from one horse to another without stopping.

I Prop., Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15; Liv. 23, 29; 44, 9; Manil. 5, 85.—

II Trop., a fickle, inconstant person : amoris, an inconstant lover , Ov. Am. 1, 3, 15; cf. bellorum, Sen. Suas. 1, § 8.

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