salsum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →salo, salere, -, salsus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
salt, salt down, preserve with salt; sprinkle before sacrifice;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →salsus, salsa -um, salsior -or -us, salsissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
salted, salty, preserved in salt; briny; witty, funny, salted wit humor;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →salsum, salsi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
salted things (pl.); salted food;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
- T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...habeas gratiam merito mihi, qui te ex insulso salsum feci opera mea. LABR. Quin tu hinc..." - T
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...amor condimentum inerit, quoiuis placituram credo, Neque salsum neque suaue esse potest quicquam, ubi amor non admiscetur..." - G
De rhetoribus
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius)
"...concessisti ut in te quae vellet diceret, salsum omnino hominem, sed materia facilis in te et in tuos..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...quod cum gratia quadam et venere dicatur apparet. Salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accipimus: natura non utique..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...ioco atque vino tollis lintea neglegentiorum. hoc salsum esse putas? fugit te, inepte: quamvis sordida res et invenusta..." - G
de Bello Hispaniensi
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...nocte castra sua incendit Pompeius et trans flumen Salsum per convallis castra inter duo oppida Ateguam et Ucubim..."
