salum

Latin

Etymology

Derived from sal (“salt”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.lum/, [ˈsa.ɫũ]

Noun

salum n (genitive salī); second declension

1. the (open or high) sea, main, deep, ocean
2. the sea in motion; waves, billow
3. (figuratively) the colour of the sea
4. (figuratively) sea of thought, anxiety, agitation or trouble
5. (figuratively, of a river) stream, current

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	salum	sala
genitive	salī	salōrum
dative	salō	salīs
accusative	salum	sala
ablative	salō	salīs
vocative	salum	sala

Derived terms

• īnsula
• salor

References

• salum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “salum”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “salum” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)