salum
Latin
Etymology
Derived from sal (“salt”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsa.lum/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsa.lum/, [ˈsäːlum]
Noun
salum n sg (genitive salī); second declension
- the (open or high) sea, main, deep, ocean
- the sea in motion; waves, billow
- (figuratively) the colour of the sea
- (figuratively) sea of thought, anxiety, agitation or trouble
- (figuratively, of a river) stream, current
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | salum |
| Genitive | salī |
| Dative | salō |
| Accusative | salum |
| Ablative | salō |
| Vocative | salum |
Derived terms
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
- salum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- salum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.