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saltuatim

saltuatim · adv

by leaps

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Where it lives

Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Noctes Atticae 3 · 0.27/10k
Res Gestae 2 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

saltŭātim — Lewis & Short

saltŭātim, adv.1. saltus.

I Lit., by leaps or hops: currere singulis cruribus, Gell. 9, 4, 9.—

II Trop., of a written narrative, in a skipping or desultory manner: vellicatim ac saltuatim scribere, Sisenn. ap. Gell. 12, 15, 2, and ap. Non. 168, 11: dum ex loco subinde saltuatim redire festinamus, Amm. 26, 5, 15 al.

In the wild

saltuatim Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 12.15.1
saltuatim Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 29.1.31
saltuatim Sidonius Apollinaris, Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 8.3.p1
saltuatim Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 12.15.a
saltuatim Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.5.15
saltuatim Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 12.15.2

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