1900–05; < German Salta < Latin saltā, 2nd-person singular imperative of saltāre to leap; see saltant
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Acto seguido, salta por la ventana como había prometido.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023
It was based on a Spanish proverb: Donde menos se piensa salta la liebra.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
A phrase later made famous by Marx in the Eighteenth Brumaire in the variant form Hie Rhodus, hie salta.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Show in this case, that you are his worthy disciple hic Rhodus, hic salta!
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
Schleiermacher, thus exploring the obscure region of the immediate consciousness, or of the aesthetic fact, can almost be heard crying out to his straying contemporaries: Hic Rhodus, hi salta!
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto
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