īnsultō āvī, ātus, āre, freq. insilio, to spring at, leap upon, leap, bound, jump, spring: fremit aequore toto Insultans sonipes, V.: busto, H.: Fluctibus insultavere carinae, O.: istas (forīs) calcibus, T.: nemora avia matres Insultant thiasis, V.

—Fig., to be insolent, scoff at, revile, abuse, taunt, insult: vehementius: tibi in calamitate: impune, L.: Cernis ut insultent Rutuli, exult, V.: multos: sibi per contumelias, L.: Huic capiti, V.: in rem p.: in omnīs: morte meā, Pr.