saltus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin saltus (“a leap”). Doublet of salto. === Noun === saltus (plural saltus or saltuses) A break of continuity in time. A leap from premises to conclusion. (mathematics) The difference between the right limit and the left limit of a function at a given point. === Anagrams === S. Austl., Saults, saults, tussal == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsaltus/ Rhymes: -altus Syllabification: sal‧tus === Verb === saltus conditional of salti == Ido == === Verb === saltus conditional of saltar == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From saliō + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs). ==== Noun ==== saltus m (genitive saltūs); fourth declension A leap, jump, bound, spring; a leaping ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== saltuātim saltus lunae ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. Varro claims that the term initially described untilled land taken from private use and that its name derives from the word salvus (“saved”). Isidore of Seville connects the term with the verb saliō (“to jump”) and the growth of trees. It has also been connected with Ancient Greek ἄλσος (álsos), although this is unlikely. The philologist Edwin Fay has compared the term to German wald, from *walþuz. ==== Noun ==== saltus m (genitive saltūs); fourth declension A forest or mountain pasture; a pass, dale, ravine, glade. A defile, a narrow pass (historical units of measure) A saltus, a large unit of area equal to four centuriae (approximately 500 acres or 200 hectares), used especially in reference to tracts of public land. ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Meronyms ===== (unit of area): decempeda (1⁄230,400 saltus); clima (1⁄6400 saltus); actus (1⁄1600 saltus); iugerum (1⁄800 saltus); heredium (1⁄400 saltus); centuria (1⁄4 saltus) ===== Derived terms ===== saltuārius saltuēnsis saltuōsus ===== Descendants ===== === References === “saltus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “saltus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "saltus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “saltus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Aggeliki Iliopoulou; Artemis Archontogeorgi; Charilaos N. Michalopoulos (1 January 2020), “Groves, forests, animals, and birds in the Tereus-Procne-Philomela story (Ov. Met. 6.412-674)”, in Mediterranean Chronicle‎[1], page 141 Herbert Dukinfield Darbishire; Robert Seymour Conway (1895), Relliquiæ philologicæ: or, Essays in comparative philology‎[2], Cambridge University Press, page 51 Edwin W. Fay (1918), “Etymological Notes”, in The Journal of English and Germanic Philology‎[3], volume 17, number 3, →ISSN, page 424 == Latvian == === Adjective === saltus accusative masculine plural of salts