dissulto

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

dissulto, āre, v. freq. n. [dissilio],

to leap apart , to fly in pieces , burst asunder (poet., and in post-Aug. prose): dissultant ripae, Verg. A. 8, 240: tanti crepitus, id. ib. 12, 923: ferrum utrimque, Plin. 37, 4, 15, § 57: Vulcanius ardor, Sil. 9, 607: aquae splendor, darts here and there with tremulous motion , cf. id. 7, 143.

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