desultor

English

Etymology

From Latin desultor.

Noun

desultor (plural desultors)

1. (historical) A person skilled at leaping from one horse or chariot to another.

Latin

Etymology

dēsul(tum) (supine of dēsiliō (“I leap or jump down”)) +‎ -tor (agent noun suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈsul.tor/, [d̪eːˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsul.tor/, [d̪eˈs̬ul̪t̪or]

Noun

dēsultor m (genitive dēsultōris); third declension

1. (literal) leaper, vaulter
2. (sports) A sort of riders, who, in the circus-games, leaped from one horse to another without stopping.
3. (figurative) A fickle, inconstant person.

Declension

Third-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	dēsultor	dēsultōrēs
genitive	dēsultōris	dēsultōrum
dative	dēsultōrī	dēsultōribus
accusative	dēsultōrem	dēsultōrēs
ablative	dēsultōre	dēsultōribus
vocative	dēsultor	dēsultōrēs

Related terms

• dēsultōrius

Descendants

• → English: desultor
• → Italian: desultore

References

• “desultor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• desultor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.