assultus

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsultus

Etymology

From ad- +‎ saltare, frequentative of salire (“to leap”). Compare assilire (“to leap onto”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈsul.tus/, [äs̠ˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈsul.tus/, [äsˈsul̪t̪us]

Noun

assultus m (genitive assultūs); fourth declension

1. an assault

   Synonyms: incursio, impetus, invāsiō, aggressiō, impressiō, oppugnātiō, incursus, appetītus, occursio, petītiō, ictus, concursus, vīs, procella

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	assultus	assultūs
genitive	assultūs	assultuum
dative	assultuī	assultibus
accusative	assultum	assultūs
ablative	assultū	assultibus
vocative	assultus	assultūs

Related terms

• assiliō

Descendants

• Old French: assaut, asalt, asault
  • → English: assault
  • French: assaut
• Italian: assalto
  • → Spanish: asalto

References

• “assultus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• assultus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• assultus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.