saltus.
leap, spring, jump; stage, step; narrow passage (forest/mountain); defile, pass; woodland with glades (pl.);
Meaning & usage
A leap, jump, bound, spring; a leaping
Nātūra nōn facit saltūs.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltus From saliō + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).
A forest or mountain pasture; a pass, dale, ravine, glade.
A defile, a narrow pass
A saltus, a large unit of area equal to four centuriae (approximately 500 acres or 200 hectares), used especially in reference to tracts of public land.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Varro claims that the term initially described untilled land taken from private use and that its name derives from the word salvus (“saved”). Isidore of Seville connects the term with the verb saliō (“to jump”) and the growth of trees. It has also been connected with Ancient Greek ἄλσος (álsos), although this is unlikely. The philologist Edwin Fay has compared the term to German wald, from *walþuz.
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