desultorius

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

dēsultōrĭus, a, um, adj. [desultor].

I Of or belonging to a vaulter (desultor): equi, Suet. Caes. 39: levitas, Mart. Cap. 1, § 88.—Subst.: desultorius , ii, m., Cic. Mur. 27, 57.—

II Desultory, superficial , Ap. M. 1, p. 102, 14.

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