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saltābundus, a, um, adj. [salto], dancing (post-class.): saltabundi canebant, quae nunc stantes canunt, Gell 20, 3, 2.

saltātim, adv. [salto], by leaps: singulis cruribus saltatim currere, Gell. 9, 4, 9.

saltātĭo, ōnis, f. [salto], a dancing; concr., a dance, Quint. 1, 11, 18 sq.; 2, 18, 1; Scipio Afric. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10: multarum deliciarum comes est extrema saltatio, Cic. Mur. 6, 13; id. Brut. 62, 225; id. Fin. 3, 7, 24; Quint. 11, 3, 128; Suet. Tit. 7 al.
Plur., Plaut. Stich. 5, 2, 11.

saltātĭuncŭla, ae, f. dim. [saltatio], a little dance (late Lat.), Vop. Aur. 6.

saltātor, ōris, m. [salto], a dancer (generally among the Romans with an accessory contemptuous signif.), Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; id. Mur. 6, 13; id. Deiot. 10, 28; id. Fin. 3, 7, 24; Quint. 1, 12, 14; 11, 3, 89; Suet. Calig. 54; id. Ner. 6; Macr. S. 2, 10 al.

saltātōrĭē, adv., v. saltatorius.

saltātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [salto], of or belonging to dancing, dancing-, saltatory (class.): ludus, a dancing-school, Scipio Afric. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10, § 7; cf. Macr. S. 2, 10, 4: orbis, a dancing in a ring, Cic. Pis. 10, 30; Arn. 2, 73.
* Adv.: saltātōrĭē, like a dancer, in a dancing attitude: procurrens, App. M. 10, p. 253, 36.

saltātrīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [saltatrix], a little dancing-girl (post-class.), Gell. 1, 5 fin.

saltātrix, īcis, f. [saltator], a female dancer, dancing-girl, Cic. Pis. 8, 18; Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 68; Macr. S. 2, 10, 1; Vulg. Ecclus. 9, 4.

saltātus, ūs, m. [salto], 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.