return a salutation

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gaudĕo, gāvīsus, 2 (archaic perf. gavisi, Liv. Andron. and Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.), v. n. and a. [Gr. gaiô, rejoice, for gaWiô; cf. gavisus; root gau-; gêtheô, ganumai, etc.; cf. agauros, proud, agê, astonishment], to rejoice, be glad or joyful respecting any thing, to take pleasure in, be pleased with, delight in (of inward joy, opp. laetari, to show one's self glad, exhibit joy; cf.:

gaudere decet, laetari non decet, quoniam docendi causa a gaudio laetitiam distinguimus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66); usually constr. with an object-clause, quod, the abl., or absol.; less freq. with the acc., cum, quia, the gen., si, etc.

With acc. and inf. or the simple inf.:

quae perfecta esse gaudeo vehementerque laetor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

quem tamen esse natum et nos gaudemus et haec civitas dum erit laetabitur,

id. Lael. 4, 14:

salvum te advenire gaudeo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 52:

venire tu me gaudes?

id. ib. 2, 2, 7:

quos sibi Caesar oblatos gavisus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.:

animus aliquid magnum agere gaudet,

Quint. 1, 2, 30; 2, 1, 5; 9, 2, 78:

laudari in bonis gaudent,

id. 5, 12, 22:

in domo vires remansuras esse gaudebant,

Curt. 10, 7, 15; Sen. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 18:

iterare culpam,

Tac. H. 3, 11; Plin. Pan. 12, 4; cf.:

motus doceri gaudet Ionicos,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; 3, 18, 15:

laedere gaudes,

id. S. 1, 4, 78:

spargere gaudes argumenta viri,

Juv. 9, 84.—

With quod:

sane gaudeo, quod te interpellavi,

Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1:

gaude, quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 19:

quod scribis te a Caesare cottidie plus diligi, immortaliter gaudeo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; cf.:

bonis viris quod ais probari quae adhuc fecerimus, valde gaudeo,

id. Att. 9, 7, 6.—

With abl.:

ipsa liberatione et vacuitate omnis molestiae gaudemus, omne autem id, quo gaudemus, voluptas est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

correctione,

id. Lael. 24, 90:

illis,

id. ib. 6, 22:

aequitate justitiaque,

id. ib. 22, 82:

hoc scientiae genere,

id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

praeda ac populationibus, magis quam otio aut requie,

Liv. 22, 9, 5:

scaena gaudens miraculis,

id. 5, 21, 9:

equis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 26:

equis canibusque,

id. A. P. 162: rure, [p. 803] id. S. 1, 10, 45:

pictis tabellis,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

carmine (with delectari iambis),

id. Ep. 2, 2, 59:

gaude sorte tua,

id. Epod. 14, 15; cf.:

ille cubans gaudet mutata sorte,

id. S. 2, 6, 110:

ero gaude,

i. e. at your master's return, Cat. 31, 12; Juv. 6, 74; 209; 379;

7, 105.—Prov.: gaudet patientia duris,

Luc. 9, 403.—

Absol.:

tristis sit (servus), si eri sint tristes: hilarus sit, si gaudeant,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 6; 3, 4, 10:

gaudebat, me laudabat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 5:

gaudeat an doleat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 12:

et irasci nos et gaudere fingimus,

Quint. 9, 2, 26:

si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 6:

de Bursa, te gaudere certo scio,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 2:

admonebo, ut in sinu gaudeant, gloriose loqui desinant,

id. Tusc. 3, 21, 51.—

With acc. (usually with homogeneous or general objects):

hunc scio mea solide gavisurum gaudia,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 8; cf.: ut suum gaudium gauderemus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; Cat. 61, 119:

jam id gaudeo,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 25; cf.:

gaudeo, etsi nil scio quod gaudeam,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 62:

hoc aliud est, quod gaudeamus,

id. Eun. 5, 9, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 63:

quod gaudere posset, hoc fuit,

Ov. M. 12, 607: nunc furit tam gavisos homines suum dolorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

gaudent natorum fata parentes,

Stat. Th. 4, 231:

tu dulces lituos ululataque proelia gaudes,

id. ib. 9, 724.—In pass.:

ista pars gaudenda mihi potius quam, etc.,

Symm. Ep. 3, 29.—

With cum, quia, si, in, etc.:

quom gravidam et quom te pulcre plenam aspicio, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Truc. 2, 4, 33; 2, 6, 35:

quom tu's liber, gaudeo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 87:

quia vos tranquillos video, gaudeo et volupe est mihi,

id. Am. 3, 3, 3: Er. Gaude. He. Quid ego gaudeam? Er. Quia ego impero. Age, gaude modo, id. Capt. 4, 2, 59:

gaudes, si cameram percusti forte,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 273:

mea Clotho et Lachesis gaudent, si pascitur inguine venter,

Juv. 9, 136:

crudeles gaudent in tristi funere fratris,

Lucr. 3, 72:

in puero,

Prop. 2, 4, 18 (28):

tibi gratulor, mihi gaudeo, te amo,

I for my part, as for myself, Cic. Fam. 6, 15; v. in the foll. the passage Lucr. 3, 145.—

Like chairein of inanim. and abstr. things, to rejoice in, delight in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

nec tantum Phoebo gaudet Parnasia rupes,

Verg. E. 6, 29; 9, 48:

postquam oleo gavisa cutis,

Stat. Th. 6, 847:

umore omnia hortensia gaudent,

Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 131:

rastris atque ablaqueationibus (myrrha),

id. 12, 15, 33 §

66: addebantur et laudes, quibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,

Liv. 2, 60, 3:

oratio gaudebit occasione laetius decurrendi,

Quint. 12, 9, 2:

(paeon) ante se brevibus gaudet pyrrhichio vel choreo,

id. 9, 4, 111; 10, 7, 16:

(vites) Amineae pingui arvo maxime gaudeant,

Col. 3, 2, 16:

id (sc. consilium, animus) sibi solum per se sapit: id sibi gaudet,

rejoices for itself, Lucr. 3, 145.—

In partic.

In sinu or in se, to rejoice within one's self or secretly, to feel a quiet joy:

ut in sinu gaudeant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 21, 51:

qui sapit, in tacito gaudeat ille sinu,

Tib. 4, 13, 8 (cf.:

in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30):

tam gaudet in se tamque se ipse miratur,

Cat. 22, 17.—

Like the Gr. chairein, as a word of salutation (pure Lat. salvere):

Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere Albinovano Musa rogata refer,

take my greetings to Celsus, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 1; so ib. 15.—Hence, gaudens, entis, P. a., joyful, cheerful (very rare):

interea cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 9; Stat. S. 4, 6, 55:

si quis Forte coheredum senior male tussiet, huic tu Dic... gaudentem nummo te addicere,

with pleasure, gladly, Hor. S. 2, 5, 109.— Adv.: gauden-ter, rejoicingly (late Lat. and rare), Pseud. August. ad Fratr. Erem. Serm. 10 al.

gaudĕo, gāvīsus, 2 (archaic perf. gavisi, Liv. Andron. and Cass. Hem. ap. Prisc. p. 868 P.), v. n. and a. [Gr. gaiô, rejoice, for gaWiô; cf. gavisus; root gau-; gêtheô, ganumai, etc.; cf. agauros, proud, agê, astonishment], to rejoice, be glad or joyful respecting any thing, to take pleasure in, be pleased with, delight in (of inward joy, opp. laetari, to show one's self glad, exhibit joy; cf.:

gaudere decet, laetari non decet, quoniam docendi causa a gaudio laetitiam distinguimus,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 31, 66); usually constr. with an object-clause, quod, the abl., or absol.; less freq. with the acc., cum, quia, the gen., si, etc.

With acc. and inf. or the simple inf.:

quae perfecta esse gaudeo vehementerque laetor,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 136; cf.:

quem tamen esse natum et nos gaudemus et haec civitas dum erit laetabitur,

id. Lael. 4, 14:

salvum te advenire gaudeo,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 52:

venire tu me gaudes?

id. ib. 2, 2, 7:

quos sibi Caesar oblatos gavisus,

Caes. B. G. 4, 13 fin.:

animus aliquid magnum agere gaudet,

Quint. 1, 2, 30; 2, 1, 5; 9, 2, 78:

laudari in bonis gaudent,

id. 5, 12, 22:

in domo vires remansuras esse gaudebant,

Curt. 10, 7, 15; Sen. ap. Quint. 8, 5, 18:

iterare culpam,

Tac. H. 3, 11; Plin. Pan. 12, 4; cf.:

motus doceri gaudet Ionicos,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 21; 3, 18, 15:

laedere gaudes,

id. S. 1, 4, 78:

spargere gaudes argumenta viri,

Juv. 9, 84.—

With quod:

sane gaudeo, quod te interpellavi,

Cic. Leg. 3, 1, 1:

gaude, quod spectant oculi te mille loquentem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 19:

quod scribis te a Caesare cottidie plus diligi, immortaliter gaudeo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9; cf.:

bonis viris quod ais probari quae adhuc fecerimus, valde gaudeo,

id. Att. 9, 7, 6.—

With abl.:

ipsa liberatione et vacuitate omnis molestiae gaudemus, omne autem id, quo gaudemus, voluptas est,

Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37:

correctione,

id. Lael. 24, 90:

illis,

id. ib. 6, 22:

aequitate justitiaque,

id. ib. 22, 82:

hoc scientiae genere,

id. Off. 3, 33, 121:

praeda ac populationibus, magis quam otio aut requie,

Liv. 22, 9, 5:

scaena gaudens miraculis,

id. 5, 21, 9:

equis,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 26:

equis canibusque,

id. A. P. 162: rure, [p. 803] id. S. 1, 10, 45:

pictis tabellis,

id. ib. 1, 1, 72:

carmine (with delectari iambis),

id. Ep. 2, 2, 59:

gaude sorte tua,

id. Epod. 14, 15; cf.:

ille cubans gaudet mutata sorte,

id. S. 2, 6, 110:

ero gaude,

i. e. at your master's return, Cat. 31, 12; Juv. 6, 74; 209; 379;

7, 105.—Prov.: gaudet patientia duris,

Luc. 9, 403.—

Absol.:

tristis sit (servus), si eri sint tristes: hilarus sit, si gaudeant,

Plaut. Am. 3, 3, 6; 3, 4, 10:

gaudebat, me laudabat,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 2, 5:

gaudeat an doleat,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 12:

et irasci nos et gaudere fingimus,

Quint. 9, 2, 26:

si est nunc ullus gaudendi locus,

Cic. Att. 9, 7, 6:

de Bursa, te gaudere certo scio,

id. Fam. 7, 2, 2:

admonebo, ut in sinu gaudeant, gloriose loqui desinant,

id. Tusc. 3, 21, 51.—

With acc. (usually with homogeneous or general objects):

hunc scio mea solide gavisurum gaudia,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 8; cf.: ut suum gaudium gauderemus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 2, 1; Cat. 61, 119:

jam id gaudeo,

Ter. And. 2, 2, 25; cf.:

gaudeo, etsi nil scio quod gaudeam,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 62:

hoc aliud est, quod gaudeamus,

id. Eun. 5, 9, 11; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 63:

quod gaudere posset, hoc fuit,

Ov. M. 12, 607: nunc furit tam gavisos homines suum dolorem, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 1:

gaudent natorum fata parentes,

Stat. Th. 4, 231:

tu dulces lituos ululataque proelia gaudes,

id. ib. 9, 724.—In pass.:

ista pars gaudenda mihi potius quam, etc.,

Symm. Ep. 3, 29.—

With cum, quia, si, in, etc.:

quom gravidam et quom te pulcre plenam aspicio, gaudeo,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 49; id. Truc. 2, 4, 33; 2, 6, 35:

quom tu's liber, gaudeo,

id. Men. 5, 9, 87:

quia vos tranquillos video, gaudeo et volupe est mihi,

id. Am. 3, 3, 3: Er. Gaude. He. Quid ego gaudeam? Er. Quia ego impero. Age, gaude modo, id. Capt. 4, 2, 59:

gaudes, si cameram percusti forte,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 273:

mea Clotho et Lachesis gaudent, si pascitur inguine venter,

Juv. 9, 136:

crudeles gaudent in tristi funere fratris,

Lucr. 3, 72:

in puero,

Prop. 2, 4, 18 (28):

tibi gratulor, mihi gaudeo, te amo,

I for my part, as for myself, Cic. Fam. 6, 15; v. in the foll. the passage Lucr. 3, 145.—

Like chairein of inanim. and abstr. things, to rejoice in, delight in any thing (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

nec tantum Phoebo gaudet Parnasia rupes,

Verg. E. 6, 29; 9, 48:

postquam oleo gavisa cutis,

Stat. Th. 6, 847:

umore omnia hortensia gaudent,

Plin. 19, 8, 39, § 131:

rastris atque ablaqueationibus (myrrha),

id. 12, 15, 33 §

66: addebantur et laudes, quibus haud minus quam praemio gaudent militum animi,

Liv. 2, 60, 3:

oratio gaudebit occasione laetius decurrendi,

Quint. 12, 9, 2:

(paeon) ante se brevibus gaudet pyrrhichio vel choreo,

id. 9, 4, 111; 10, 7, 16:

(vites) Amineae pingui arvo maxime gaudeant,

Col. 3, 2, 16:

id (sc. consilium, animus) sibi solum per se sapit: id sibi gaudet,

rejoices for itself, Lucr. 3, 145.—

In partic.

In sinu or in se, to rejoice within one's self or secretly, to feel a quiet joy:

ut in sinu gaudeant,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 21, 51:

qui sapit, in tacito gaudeat ille sinu,

Tib. 4, 13, 8 (cf.:

in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30):

tam gaudet in se tamque se ipse miratur,

Cat. 22, 17.—

Like the Gr. chairein, as a word of salutation (pure Lat. salvere):

Celso gaudere et bene rem gerere Albinovano Musa rogata refer,

take my greetings to Celsus, Hor. Ep. 1, 8, 1; so ib. 15.—Hence, gaudens, entis, P. a., joyful, cheerful (very rare):

interea cum Musis nos delectabimus animo aequo, immo vero etiam gaudenti ac libenti,

Cic. Att. 2, 4, 2; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 9; Stat. S. 4, 6, 55:

si quis Forte coheredum senior male tussiet, huic tu Dic... gaudentem nummo te addicere,

with pleasure, gladly, Hor. S. 2, 5, 109.— Adv.: gauden-ter, rejoicingly (late Lat. and rare), Pseud. August. ad Fratr. Erem. Serm. 10 al.

sălūs, ūtis (archaic gen. SALVTES, on a clay vessel, v. Ritschl de Fictilibus Litteratis, Berol, 1853, p. 18, n. 5; cf. APOLONES, from Apollo; dat. SALVTEI, Corp. Inscr. Lat. 587), f. [root sar, to guard, whence servus, servare, salvus, sollus; cf. Gr. holos, entire], a being safe and sound; a sound or whole condition, health, welfare, prosperity, preservation, safety, deliverance, etc. (very freq. and class.: cf.: valetudo, sanitas).

Lit.

In gen.: Mars pater te precor, pastores pecuaque salva servassis duisque bonam salutem valetudinemque mihi domo familiaeque nostrae, an old form of prayer in Cato, R. R. 141, 3; cf. Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 27; so,

too, the religious formula for asking protection: quod cum salute ejus fiat,

and may it do him good, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 3;

and in the same sense: bonā salute,

Cato, R. R. 4 fin.:

adhuc quae assolent quaeque oportet Signa esse ad salutem, omnia huic (puero recens nato) esse video,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

aegrorum salutem ab Aesculapio datam,

Cic. N. D. 3, 38, 91:

qui etiam medicis suis non ad salutem, sed ad necem utatur,

id. Har. Resp. 16, 35:

me confectum consularibus volneribus consulari medicinā ad salutem reduceret,

id. Red. Quir. 6, 15:

firmā potiri salute,

Ov. H. 20, [p. 1622] 179:

salute nostrā atque urbe captā Domum reduco integrum omnem exercitum,

in good health, well, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 147:

mater redit suā salute ac familiae maximā,

in excellent health, id. Merc. 4, 5, 9:

salute nostrum socium,

id. Men. 1, 2, 25:

salute horiae,

uninjured, id. Rud. 4, 2, 5:

in optimorum consiliis posita est civitatium salus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 34, 51; cf.:

tu eris unus, in quo nitatur civitatis salus,

id. ib. 6, 12, 12;

2, 23, 43: juris, libertatis, fortunarum suarum salus in istius damnatione consistit,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 6, § 16:

neque enim salus ulla rei publicae major reperiri potest, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 2, § 4; Plaut. As. 3, 3, 127:

spem teneo, salutem amisi,

id. Merc. 3, 4, 6 sq.; id. Capt. 3, 3, 3; cf.:

cujus aures clausae veritati sunt, hujus salus desperanda est,

Cic. Lael. 24, 90:

nisi quae mihi in te'st, haud tibi est in me salus,

a means of safety, help, assistance, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 69:

fer amanti ero salutem,

id. As. 3, 3, 82; cf.:

cum opem indigentibus salutemque ferres,

Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118; id. Mur. 13, 28: dicet fortasse Dignitatis halis:

saluti, si me amas, consule,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

is est nimirum Soter, qui salutem dedit,

has furnished safety, id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154:

dare salutem, liberare periculis, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

saluti quod tibi esse censeo, id consuadeo,

Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 35; so,

saluti esse alicui,

Cic. Rep. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 2, 49, 200 al.;

for which: nosse omnia haec, salus est adulescentulis,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 18:

diffisus suae omniumque saluti,

Caes. B. G. 6, 38:

nec in fugā salus ulla ostendebatur,

Liv. 30, 8:

una est salus,

id. 7, 35:

una salus victis nullam sperare salutem,

Verg. A. 2, 354; cf. id. ib. 5, 174; 6, 96; Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 4; 5, 7, 3; id. P. 3, 7, 23; 4, 14, 5; id. M. 3, 648; Luc. 2, 221. —Freq. in Plaut. as a term of endearment, my life, my love:

quid agis, mea salus?

Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 3:

o salute meā salus salubrior,

id. Cist. 3, 13; id. Bacch. 4, 8, 38; id. Poen. 1, 2, 153; 1, 2, 176; id. Rud. 3, 3, 17. —

In partic., a wish for one ' s welfare (expressed by word of mouth or in writing), a greeting, salute, salutation: Ly. Charmidem Lysiteles salutat. Ca. Non ego sum salutis dignus? Ly. Immo salve Callicles, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 29:

venienti des salutem atque osculum,

id. Ep. 4, 2, 2:

quin tu primum salutem reddis quam dedi?

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 11: Sy. Responde, quod rogo. Ba. Eho, an non prius salutas? Sy. Nulla est mihi salus dataria, id. Ps. 4, 2, 13: Pe. Salva sis. Ph. Salutem accipio mihi et meis, id. Ep. 4, 1, 21:

advenientem peregre herum suum Salva impertit salute servus Epidicus,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 24; cf. Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 39; for which: impertit salutem plurimam et plenissimam, Lucil. ap. Non. 472, 16:

Terentia impertit tibi multam salutem,

Cic. Att. 2, 12, 3:

salutem dicere alicui,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 29:

multam, plurimam salutem dicere alicui,

id. Curc. 3, 51; 3, 61:

Cicero tibi salutem plurimam dicit,

Cic. Fam. 14, 7, 3:

tu Atticae salutem dices,

id. Att. 14, 19, 6;

and so at the beginning of a letter: salutem dicit Toxilo Timarchides Et familiae omni. Si valetis gaudeo, etc.,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 3, 32;

usually abbreviated S. D. (salutem dicit), S. D. M. (salutem dicit multam), S. D. P. (salutem dicit plurimam), v. the superscriptions of Cicero's letters. Freq., also, elliptically, without dicit: Anacharsis Hannoni salutem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 32, 90 (abbreviated, e. g. Cicero Attico S., v. the letters of Cicero and Pliny):

Dionysio plurimam salutem,

id. Att. 4, 18, 3:

Atticae plurimam salutem,

id. ib. 14, 20, 5:

salutem reddere,

to return a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 11; Liv. 9, 6, 12; Tac. A. 4, 60: salutem mittere per aliquem, to send a greeting:

mihi dulcis salus visa est per te missa ab illā,

Cic. Att. 16, 3, 6; Ov. H. 4, 1; 16, 1.—An unusual expression is, salutem dicere alicui, in the sense of to bid one farewell:

ego vero multam salutem et foro dicam et curiae, vivamque tecum multum, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 7, 32, 2:

salute acceptā redditāque,

Liv. 7, 5:

salute datā redditāque,

id. 3, 26:

salutem tibi ab sodali nuntio,

I bring, deliver, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 10; so,

nuntiare salutem alicui,

id. Curc. 4, 2, 38; id. Men. prol. 1; cf.:

salutem verbis tuis mihi nuntiarat,

Cic. Fam. 7, 14, 1:

salutem tibi plurimam ascribit et Tulliola, deliciae nostrae,

adds, joins in, id. Att. 1, 5, 9; 5, 20, 9.—In a humorous equivoque: As. Salve. St. Satis mihi est tuae salutis, nihil moror, sat salveo;

Aegrotare malim, quam esse tuā salute sanior,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 4 sq.; id. Ps. 1, 1, 41 sq.—

Salvation, deliverance from sin and its penalties (eccl. Lat.):

verbum salutis,

Vulg. Act. 13, 26; id. Rom. 10, 1; 13, 11.—

Salus, personified, a Roman divinity, whose temple stood on one of the summits of the Quirinalis (v. Salutaris):

ego tibi nunc sum summus Juppiter, Idem ego sum Salus, Fortuna, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 84; id. As. 3, 3, 123; 3, 3, 137; id. Cist. 4, 2, 76; id. Merc. 5, 2, 26; Varr. L. L. 5, §§ 51 and 74 Müll.; Liv. 9, 43 fin.; 10, 1 fin.; 40, 37; Val. Max. 8, 14, 6:

augurium Salutis (instituted for the welfare of the State),

Cic. Div. 1, 47, 105; id. Leg. 2, 11, 28; Suet. Aug. 31; Tac. A. 12, 23.—In a lusus verbb., alluding to the literal meaning of the name:

nec Salus nobis saluti jam esse, si cupiat, potest,

Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 4:

at vos Salus servassit,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 76:

neque jam Salus servare, si volt, me potest,

id. Capt. 3, 3, 14; Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 43; cf.:

Salus ipsa virorum fortium innocentiam tueri non potest,

Cic. Font. 6, 11, § 21.