salus

See also: sāļus

Esperanto

Verb

salus

conditional of sali

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *salūts, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).

Cognates

From PIE: Faliscan 𐌔𐌀𐌋𐌖𐌄𐌔 (salues) and doublet of salvus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.luːs/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪uːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.lus/, [ˈsäːlus]

Noun

salūs f (genitive salūtis); third declension

safety; security
Synonyms: sēcūritās, impūnitās
health, well-being, welfare
Synonym: valētūdō
Antonyms: aegritūdō, morbus, malum, pestis, incommodum
Salus populi suprema lex esto ― let the welfare of the people be the supreme law
salvation, deliverance
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.354:
  Ūna salūs victīs: nūllam spērāre salūtem.
  The only salvation for the conquered: for no one to hope for salvation.
  (In other words, a sense of impending doom can impel bold actions, which in turn could unexpectedly alter the presumed outcome.)
greeting, salutation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	salūs	salūtēs
Genitive	salūtis	salūtum
Dative	salūtī	salūtibus
Accusative	salūtem	salūtēs
Ablative	salūte	salūtibus
Vocative	salūs	salūtēs

Derived terms

prō salūte Imperātōris
salūber
salūbritās
salūbriter
salūtābundus
salūtāris
salūtātiō
salūtātor
salūtātōrius
salūtātrīx
salūtifer
salūtiger
salūtō

Related terms

salvē
salveō
salvus

Descendants

Asturian: salú
Catalan: salut
French: salut
Friulian: salût
Italian: salute
Norman: salut
Old Portuguese: saude
- Galician: saúde
- Portuguese: saúde
Piedmontese: salute
Romanian: sărut, salut (borrowing)
Sardinian: saludu, saluru, salutu
Spanish: salud

References

“salus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“salus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
salus 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)
salus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to sacrifice oneself for one's country: se morti offerre pro salute patriae
- a man's life is at stake, is in very great danger: salus, caput, vita alicuius agitur, periclitatur, in discrimine est or versatur
- to take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests: saluti suae consulere, prospicere
- after mutual greeting: salute data (accepta) redditaque
- to further the common weal: saluti rei publicae non deesse
- to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare: omnes curas in rei publicae salute defigere (Phil. 14. 5. 13)
- (ambiguous) to risk one's life: salutem, vitam suam in discrimen offerre (not exponere)
- (ambiguous) to bring aid to; to rescue: auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicui
- (ambiguous) to deliver, rescue a person: salutem alicui afferre
- (ambiguous) to effect a person's deliverance: salutem expedire
- (ambiguous) to bless (curse) a person: precari alicui bene (male) or omnia bona (mala), salutem
- (ambiguous) I drink your health: propīno tibi hoc (poculum, salutem)
- (ambiguous) to greet a person: salutem alicui dicere, impertire, nuntiare
- (ambiguous) Cicero sends cordial greetings to Atticus: Cicero Attico S.D.P. (salutem dicit plurimam)
- (ambiguous) my best wishes for your welfare: tibi plurimam salutem
- (ambiguous) remember me to your brother: nuntia fratri tuo salutem verbis meis (Fam. 7. 14)
- (ambiguous) to add to one's letter good wishes to some one: adscribere alicui salutem (Att. 5. 20. 9)
- (ambiguous) to devote oneself body and soul to the good of the state: totum et animo et corpore in salutem rei publicae se conferre
- (ambiguous) to beg for mercy from the conqueror: salutem petere a victore
- (ambiguous) to seek safety in flight: fuga salutem petere
“salus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
salus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
“salus”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray