per-sulto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [salto], to leap, skip, or prance about in a place (not in Cic. or Caes.).
I Lit.
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.—
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), Ap. Met. 4, 31, 21.—
II Transf., of the voice.
A Neutr. , to sound , resound : vox persultat, Prud. Hamart. 10 praef.—
B Act. , to command imperiously : haec persultanti, Prud. στεφ. 1, 77.