salvus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós, from *solh₂- (“whole”) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus; for a similar semantic development see wholesome). Cognate with Faliscan 𐌔𐌀𐌋𐌖𐌄𐌔 (salues).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.wus/, [ˈsaɫ.wʊs]

Adjective

salvus (feminine salva, neuter salvum); first/second declension

1. safe, well, unharmed, sound, saved, healthy

   Hanc rem publicam salvam esse volumus.

   We wish this republic to be safe.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	salvus	salva	salvum		salvī	salvae	salva
genitive	salvī	salvae	salvī		salvōrum	salvārum	salvōrum
dative	salvō		salvō		salvīs
accusative	salvum	salvam	salvum		salvōs	salvās	salva
ablative	salvō	salvā	salvō		salvīs
vocative	salve	salva	salvum		salvī	salvae	salva

Descendants

• Catalan: salv
• English: safe
• French: sauf
• Friulian: salf, salv

• Italian: salvo
• Romansh: salv, zalv
• Sardinian: salvu, sarbu, sarvu
• Spanish: salvo

References

• salvus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “salvus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • without breaking the law: salvis legibus (vid. sect. X. 7, note Notice...)