to leap
Definition:
σκιρτάω, -ῶ [in LXX: Gen.25:22 (רָצַץ hithpo.), Psa.114:4, 6 (רָקַד), etc;] to leap: Luk.1:41, 44 6:23. (AS)
Definition:
σκιρτ-άω,
Ionic dialect σκιρτ-έω [
Refs 3rd c.AD+] — _frequentative verb_ of σκαίρω,
spring, leap, bound, of young horses, αἱ δ᾽ ὅτε μὲν σκιρτῷεν ἐπὶ ζείδωρον ἄρουραν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε δὴ σ. ἐπ᾽ εὐρέα νῶτα θαλάσσης [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of goats, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the Bacchae, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅλλεσθαι καὶ σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: also of wind, σκιρτᾷ δ᾽ ἀνέμων πνεύματα πάντων [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically,
to be skittish, unruly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
Pronounciation:
skeer-tah'-o
Definition:
to jump, i.e. sympathetically move (as the quickening of a fetus); leap (for joy); akin to (to skip);