salus

See also: sāļus

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Verb

salus

  1. conditional of sali

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (whole, completed).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.luːs/, [ˈsa.ɫuːs]

Noun

salūs f (genitive salūtis); third declension

  1. safety; security
  2. health, well-being, welfare
  3. salvation, deliverance
  4. greeting, salutation

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative salūs salūtēs
Genitive salūtis salūtum
Dative salūtī salūtibus
Accusative salūtem salūtēs
Ablative salūte salūtibus
Vocative salūs salūtēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • salus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • salus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • salus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • salus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to sacrifice oneself for one's country: se morti offerre pro salute patriae
    • a man's life is at stake, is in very great danger: salus, caput, vita alicuius agitur, periclitatur, in discrimine est or versatur
    • to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: saluti suae consulere, prospicere
    • after mutual greeting: salute data (accepta) redditaque
    • to further the common weal: saluti rei publicae non deesse
    • to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare: omnes curas in rei publicae salute defigere (Phil. 14. 5. 13)
    • (ambiguous) to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
    • (ambiguous) to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui
    • (ambiguous) to deliver, rescue a person: salutem alicui afferre
    • (ambiguous) to effect a person's deliverance: salutem expedire
    • (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
    • (ambiguous) I drink your health: propīno tibi hoc (poculum, salutem)
    • (ambiguous) to greet a person: salutem alicui dicere, impertire, nuntiare
    • (ambiguous) Cicero sends cordial greetings to Atticus: Cicero Attico S.D.P. (salutem dicit plurimam)
    • (ambiguous) my best wishes for your welfare: tibi plurimam salutem
    • (ambiguous) remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
    • (ambiguous) to add to one's letter good wishes to some one: adscribere alicui salutem (Att. 5. 20. 9)
    • (ambiguous) to devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state: totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferre
    • (ambiguous) to beg for mercy from the conqueror: salutem petere a victore
    • (ambiguous) to seek safety in flight: fuga salutem petere
  • salus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • salus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • salus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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