Salacia

See also: salacia

English

Proper noun

Salacia

  1. (Roman mythology) The goddess of saltwater and the deep.
  2. (astronomy) A candidate dwarf planet, one of the Kuiper belt objects.

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Latin

Etymology

From salum (sea).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈlaː.ki.a/, [saˈɫaː.ki.a]

Proper noun

Salācia f (genitive Salāciae); first declension

  1. the goddess of the sea, wife of Neptune
  2. a town of the Turdetani in Lusitania

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Salācia
Genitive Salāciae
Dative Salāciae
Accusative Salāciam
Ablative Salāciā
Vocative Salācia

References

  • Salacia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Salacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Salacia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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