saltus
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Origin of saltus
1655–65; < New Latin, Latin: a leap. See salt 2
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But Rice is an imitative form of Welsh Rhys, Reece, and Salt, when not derived from Salt in Stafford, is from Old Fr. sault, a wood, Lat. saltus.
From The Romance of Names by Weekley, Ernest
I see you are inclined to advocate the possibility of considerable "saltus" on the part of Dame Nature in her variations.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard
But as to the people about us, the hundredth part of them could not be saved: "Videas desertaque regna Pastorum, et longe saltus lateque vacantes."
From The Essays of Montaigne — Complete by Montaigne, Michel de
And let us observe that Nature, though forbidden such style of progression by her savans, sometimes does make a local saltus, especially in the change of climates.
From To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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