rĕsulto, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [resilio], to spring or leap back, to rebound (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; only of inanimate or abstract subjects).
* Lit.: (corpora) conflicta resultant, etc.,Lucr. 2, 98 and 101: tela irrita galeā clipeoque,Verg. A. 10, 330: aqua objectu lapillorum,Quint. 12, 2, 11; cf.: unda scissa, Petr. poët. Sat. 89, 2, 31: illisum caput scopulis resultat,Sen. Hippol. 1064.— Of animals: resultabunt canes ululantibus lupis, Amm 31, 1, 2.
* In partic., of sound, to reverberate, resound, re-echo: ubi concava pulsu Saxa sonant vocisque offensa resultat imago,Verg. G. 4, 50: inimica est (apibus) echo resultanti sono,Plin. 11, 19, 21, § 65: murmur in duris,id. 2, 80, 82, § 193.
* Trop., of pronunciation, etc., to leap, hop: (verba) ne brevium (syllabarum) contexu resultent, produce a jumping or jerking effect, Quint. 9, 4, 66: praeceps ac resultans (in oratione, opp. tardum et segne),id. 9, 4, 83; cf. id. 11, 3, 183; 12, 10, 73: ut barbara nomina Graecis versibus non resultent,i. e. are unfit for, unsuiled to,Plin. Ep. 8, 4, 3.