salsus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sāl, salem + -tus (“-y, -ed”), also as perfect participle of saliō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
salsus (feminine salsa, neuter salsum, adverb salsē); first/second-declension adjective
- salty, briny
- (figuratively) sharp, witty
Participle[edit]
salsus (feminine salsa, neuter salsum); first/second-declension participle
- perfect participle of saliō (“to salt”): salted (seasoned with or preserved in salt)
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Asturian: salsa (“saline water”)
- Catalan: salsa
- French: sauce (see there for further descendants)
- Galician: salsa
- Italian: salso; salsa
- Occitan: salsa
- Portuguese: salsa (“parsley”)
- Sicilian: sarsa, sassa, sausa
- Spanish: salso; salsa (see there for further descendants)
References[edit]
- “salsus”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “salsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- salsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- “salsus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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