noun
saltātus
Meaning
- dance
saltātus, ūs, m. salto,
I. a (religious) dance (not ante-Aug., and very rare):
(Numa Salios) per urbem ire canentes carmina cum tripudiis sollennique saltatu jussit, Liv. 1, 20; so Sen. Troad. 786; Lact. 1, 21 fin.—Plur.: saltatibus apta juventus, Ov. M. 14, 637.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(saltātus ūs), m
salto, a dance (only abl sing . and plur.): canentes cum sollenni saltatu, religious dancing , L.: saltatibus apta iuventus, O.