English → Latin
“leap” in Latin
saltusA forest or mountain pasture; a pass, dale, ravine, glade.; A defile, a narrow pass; A saltus, a large unit of area equaexsiliōto spring, bound, leap or start out, up or forthexsultōto spring vigorously, leap or jump up; to exult in, rejoice; to revelgaudiumjoy, delight
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
leap s.
saltus: to take a leap, saltum dare (Ov.); saltu uti (Cic.).
leap v.
exsilire; exsultare: to leap with joy, gaudio exsilire; gaudio or laetitiā exsultare: my heart leaped (for joy), cor meum coepit in pectus emicare (Plaut., Aul., 4, 3, 4): to leap down, desilire ex or de re (☞ rarely with a simple ablative in prose; Vid: Drak. Liv. 35, 34, 10): to leap to or upon, assilire ad aliquid, or alicui rei (assultare post-Augustan).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for leap?
- The usual Latin words for “leap” are saltus, exsiliō, exsultō; also gaudium. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.