salsus

Latin

Etymology

From salio, from sal.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.sus/, [ˈsaɫ.sʊs]

Adjective

salsus (feminine salsa, neuter salsum); first/second declension

1. salty
2. salted (preserved in salt)
3. (figuratively) witty

Declension

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	salsus	salsa	salsum		salsī	salsae	salsa
genitive	salsī	salsae	salsī		salsōrum	salsārum	salsōrum
dative	salsō		salsō		salsīs
accusative	salsum	salsam	salsum		salsōs	salsās	salsa
ablative	salsō	salsā	salsō		salsīs
vocative	salse	salsa	salsum		salsī	salsae	salsa

Derived terms

• salsūgō

Related terms

• sāl
• saliō
• īnsulsus
• salsē

Descendants

• Asturian: salsa (“saline water”)
• Italian: salso
• Portuguese: salsa (“parsley”)
• Spanish: salso
• Vulgar Latin: *salsa (“sauce”)
  • Asturian: salsa
  • Catalan: salsa
  • French: sauce (see there for further descendants)
  • Galician: salsa
  • Italian: salsa
  • Occitan: salsa
  • Spanish: salsa (see there for further descendants)

References

• salsus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salsus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “salsus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• salsus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly