Salacia

See also: salacia

Translingual

Salacia chinensis (Celastraceae)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Salacia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – certain climbing plants of the tropics.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Sertulariidae – certain cnidarians.
3. A taxonomic genus within the class Bacillariophyceae – a certain poorly known chromist.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Celastraceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Celastrales - order; Celastraceae - family
• (genus in Sertulariidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum; Medusozoa - subphylum; Hydrozoa - class; Hydroidolina - subclass; Leptothecata - order; Sertulariidae - family
• (genus in Bacillariophyceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Heterokonta - superphylum; Ochrophyta - phylum; Bacillariophyceae - class

Hyponyms

• (genus in Celastraceae): Salacia chinensis - type species

Derived terms

• Pseudosalacia
• Salacicratea
• Salacighia
• Salaciopsis
• Pseudosalacia
• Thyrsosalacia

References

• Salacia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salacia (Celastraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Salacia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Salacia at USDA Plants database
• Salacia at Tropicos
• Salacia at Plants of the World Online
• Salacia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Salacia at Encyclopedia of Life
• Salacia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Salacia at Germplasm Resources Information Network

in Sertulariidae

• Sertulariidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salacia (Lamouroux) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sertulariidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Salacia at World Register of Marine Species
• Salacia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Salacia at Encyclopedia of Life
• Salacia at National Center for Biotechnology Information

in Bacillariophyceae

• Salacia (Pantocsek) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Salacia at World Register of Marine Species

English

Salacia's planetary symbol

Proper noun

Salacia

2. (Roman mythology) The goddess of saltwater and the deep.
4. A Kuiper belt object and planetoid, possibly a dwarf planet. Its moon is Actaea.

Further reading

• Salacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 120347 Salacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• aclasia

Latin

Etymology

From salum (“sea”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈlaː.ki.a/, [s̠äˈɫ̪äːkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈla.t͡ʃi.a/, [säˈläːt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Salācia f sg (genitive Salāciae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) the goddess of the sea, wife of Neptune
2. a town of the Turdetani in Lusitania; modern Alcácer do Sal

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

Descendants

• Translingual: Salacia

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