Lewis Short
assulto (ads-, Halm, Jan), āvi, ātum, 1
* V. freq. [id.], to jump or leap to a place, to jump or leap; constr. absol., with dat. or acc. (only post-Aug.).
* In gen.: (canis elephanto) adsultans,Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 150: feminae pellibus accinctae adsultabant, ut sacrificantes Bacchae,Tac. A. 11, 31.
* Esp., of warlike operations, to attack, assault: tertiā vigiliā adsultatum est castris,Tac. A. 2, 13: telis adsultantes,id. ib. 12, 35: adsultare ex diverso Tiridates,id. ib. 13, 40: adsultante per campos equite,id. H. 4, 22: latera adsultare,id. A. 1, 51: portarum moras frenis et hastis,Stat. Th. 4, 243; Sil. 7, 401.
* Transf., of things: duo montes crepitu maximo adsultantes,Plin. 2, 83, 85, § 199.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary