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Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.

Mars (archaic and poet. Māvors, q. v.), Martis (collat. reduplic. form Marmar, in the Song of the Arval Brothers; v. the following, and Mamers), m. [root mar-, gleam; Sanscr. marīkis, beam of light; hence Mars, the bright god; cf.: marmor, mare], Mars, who, as father of Romulus, was the primogenitor of the Roman people, the god of war, of husbandry, of shepherds and seers. For him was named the month of Martius, March, the beginning of the Roman year, Ov. F. 3, 73 sqq.:

legio Martia... ab eo deo, a quo populum Romanum generatum accepimus,

Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5:

Mars pater te precor quaesoque, uti sies volens propitius mihi, etc.,... ut tu morbos visos invisosque viduertatem vastitudinemque, calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 141, 2; cf., in the Song of the Arval Brothers, NEVE LVERVE MARMAR SINS INCVRRERE IN PLEORIS;

for Mars pater, the forms Marspiter, gen. Marspitris, or -tĕris, and Maspiter were also employed,

Gell. 5, 12, 5; Macr. S. 1, 12; 19; Varr. L. L. 8, § 33 Müll.; 9, § 75; 10, § 65; Prisc. p. 695:

Mars Gradivus, Quirinus, Silvanus, Ultor, v. under h. vv.: Mars durus,

Verg. E 10, 44:

torvus,

Hor. C. 1, 28, 17:

cruentus,

id. ib. 2, 14, 13:

ferus,

Ov. H. 7, 160; id. F. 4, 25:

ferox,

id. M. 13, 11:

bellicus,

id. F. 3, 1:

fortibus sane oculis Cassius (Martem spirare dicens) se in Siciliam non iturum,

Cic. Att. 15, 11. The Salii were destined for his service, Liv. 1, 20, 4; horses and bulls were offered to him, Paul. ex Fest. p. 61 Müll.; Ov. H. 6, 10; Macr. S. 3, 10, 4:

per Martem, a soldier's oath,

Plaut. Mil. 5, 21. He was often appealed to in oaths, etc., esp. by soldiers:

Nam neque Duellona mi umquam neque Mars creduat, ni, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 8; id. Mil. 1, 1, 11; id. Truc. 3, 1, 11.—

Transf.

War, battle, a conflict, engagement, contest, etc.; also the art of war: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P. (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

Martem accendere cantu,

to incite to battle, Verg. A. 6, 165:

apertus,

fighting in the open field, Ov. M. 13, 27: equitem suo alienoque Marte pugnare, i. e. to fight both in their own fashion (on horseback) and in one which was strange to them (on foot), Liv. 3, 62, 9:

pugna jam in manus, jam in gladios, ubi Mars est atrocissimus, venerat,

id. 2, 46, 3:

terribili Marte ululare,

Plin. 26, 4, 9, § 19:

captam sine Marte,

Stat. Ach. 1, 401:

quos amisimus cives, eos Martis vis perculit, non ira victoriae,

Cic. Marcell. 6, 17.— Poet.:

Mars forensis,

a contest in the forum, legal contest, Ov. P. 4, 6, 29; cf.:

et fora Marte suo litigiosa vacent,

id. F. 4, 188.—Hence, prov.: suo (nostro, vestro) Marte, by one's own exertions, without the assistance of others:

rex ipse suo Marte res suas recuperavit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 37, 95; id. Off. 3, 7, 34:

cum vos vestro Marte his rebus omnibus abundetis,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 4, § 9.—

The issue of a war or a battle, the fortune of war:

cum omnis belli Mars communis, et cum semper incerti exitus proeliorum sint,

Cic. Fam. 6, 4, 1: communis adhuc Mars belli erat, Liv. 10, 28:

aequo Marte,

with equal advantage, on equal terms, Caes. B. G. 7, 19, 3; 8, 19, 2; Curt. 4, 1, 8:

pari Marte,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 19:

aequato Marte,

Liv. 1, 25:

verso Marte ( = versā fortunā),

id. 29, 3, 11:

vario Marte pugnatum est,

Quint. 8, 6, 24:

incerto Marte,

Tac. H. 4, 35:

anceps,

Liv. 7, 29, 2; 21, 1, 2:

dubius,

Vell. 2, 55, 3.—

The planet Mars: Jovis stellae proximum inferiorem orbem tenet puroeis, quae stella Martis appellatur, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 53; 2, 46, 119; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 34; 2, 15, 12, § 60; Hyg. Astr. 2, 42:

Martis sidus,

Cassiod. Var. 11, 36.—Hence,

Mar-tĭus ( Māvortĭus, v. infra), a, um, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars:

lupus,

sacred to Mars, Verg. A. 9, 566; cf.: Martius lupus, integer et intactus, gentis nos Martiae et conditoris nostri admonuit, descended from Mars (since Mars is the father of Romulus and Remus), Liv. 10, 27:

legio,

Cic. Phil. 3, 3, 6; 4, 2, 5:

miles,

Ov. M. 14, 798:

proles,

i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. F. 3, 59:

anguis,

sacred to Mars, id. M. 3, 32:

judicium,

i. e. of the Areopagus at Athens, App. M. 10, p. 718 Oud.: Campus;

v. campus: harena,

a place in the Circus where the gladiators fought, Ov. Tr. 2, 282; Mart. 2, 75, 8:

gramen,

i. e. the Field of Mars, Hor. C. 3, 7, 26: Martius mensis, the month of March, formerly the first month of the year, Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 13:

Martii Calendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1: Idus Martiae, the Ides of March, famous as the day on which Julius Cæsar was killed, Cic. Att. 14, 4, 2; cf. 14, 20, 1 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 35, 88; id. Fam. 10, 28, 1.— In the form Mavortius ( poet.):

moenia,

i. e. Rome, Verg. A. 1, 276:

tellus,

i. e. Thrace, id. G. 4, 462:

conjux,

i. e. Venus, Val. Fl. 2, 208:

proles,

i. e. the Thebans, Ov. M. 3, 531; cf.:

seges belli (because sprung from the dragon's teeth),

Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 135.—

Transf.

Warlike, martial:

Martia Penthesilea,

Verg. A. 11, 661:

Martia saeculi voluptas,

Mart. 5, 24, 1:

Martius aeris rauci canor,

Verg. G. 4, 71:

vulnera,

id. A. 7, 182:

Thebe,

i. e. where many wars were carried on, Ov. Am. 3, 6, 33.—

Of or belonging to the planet Mars:

ille fulgor rutilus, horribilisque terris, quem Martium dicitis,

Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17.—As subst.: Mar-tĭus, ii, m. (sc. mensis), March, the month of March:

Mensium nomina fere aperta sunt, si a Martio, ut antiqui constituerunt, numeres, Nam primus a Marte,

Varr. L. L. 6, 4, § 33.—

Martĭālis, e, adj.

Of or belonging to Mars: Flamen, Varr L. L. 5, § 84 Müll.;

7, § 45 ib.: lupus,

sacred to Mars, Hor. C. 1, 17, 9:

ludi,

in honor of Mars, Suet. Claud. 1: Martialis collis, near the temple of Deus Fidius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 52 Müll.— Subst.: Martĭālis, is, m., a priest of Mars:

Martiales quidam Larini appellabantur, ministri publici Martis,

Cic. Clu. 15, 43.—

Belonging to the legio Martia; hence, Martĭāles, the soldiers of the legio Martia, Cic. Phil. 4, 2, 5.

praesul, sŭlis, comm. [praesilio], one who leaps or dances before others, a dancer in public, public dancer.

Lit. (class.), Cic. Div. 1, 26, 55; 2, 66, 136.—

In partic., the leader of the Salii, who annually leaped and danced through the city, bearing the ancilia:

fuit in eo sacerdotio (Saliorum) et praesul et vates et magister,

Capitol. M. Aurel. 4.—

Transf., in gen., a presider, president, director; a patron, protector, etc. (post-class.):

agri praesul,

Pall. 1, 6:

fori,

Sid. Ep. 4, 14:

praesul creatus litteris,

Aus. Ep. 4, 79; Pall. 1, 6 fin.:

Angerona, diva praesul silentii,

Sol. 1; Mart. Cap. 2, § 160 fin.:

et Junone calent hic arae praesule semper,

Avien. Perieg. 519.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

sălĭuncŭla, ae, f. [dim. of saliunca], an odoriferous plant, Hier. in Isa. 15, 55; v. 12 and 13.

‡ Sălĭus, ii, v. 1. Salii.

sălĭo ( sall-), no perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v. infra P. a.), v. a. [id.].

To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.:

oleas caducas,

Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372:

thynnus,

Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.—

To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.):

omnis victima sale salietur,

Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.:

igne salietur,

id. ib. — Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.

Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6:

hoc salsum'st,

is too salt, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71:

caseus,

Col. 12, 59, 1:

fruges (as a sacrifice),

Verg. A. 2, 133; cf.

farra,

Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola):

(gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,

Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42:

salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,

id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf.

aequor,

Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634:

vada,

Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158:

e salso momine ponti,

Lucr. 6, 474:

fluctus,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2:

undae,

Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894:

gurges,

id. 5, 482;

hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.):

lacrimae,

Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29:

sputa,

Lucr. 6, 1189:

sudor,

Verg. A. 2, 173:

rubigo,

id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.— Sup. salsissimus;

hence, mare salsissimum,

the Dead Sea, Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.—

Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.:

facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2:

genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39:

salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,

Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.:

inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Êrakleideihô Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin. —Of persons:

esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.— Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.):

dicere aliquid,

Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. — Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:

salii,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31:

salivi,

Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 ( gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), v. n. and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. hallomai; cf. salax].

Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.

Lit. (class.):

ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,

Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111:

saliendo sese exercebant,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8:

calamo salientes ducere pisces,

Ov. M. 3, 587:

vexare uterum pueris salientibus,

Juv. 6, 599 et saep.:

saxo salire,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.:

de muro (with praecipitari),

Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

in aquas,

Ov. Ib. 554:

super vallum,

Liv. 25, 39:

super scuta,

on the shields, Flor. 3, 10, 13:

ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,

Hor. C. 2, 18, 26:

saliet, tundet pede terram,

id. A. P. 430:

salias terrae gravis,

id. Ep. 1, 14, 26:

per praecipitia et praerupta,

Liv. 27, 18:

per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,

Ov. F. 4, 805:

unctos saluere per utres,

Verg. G. 2, 384:

medio cum saluere foro,

Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52:

saliunt in gurgite ranae,

Ov. M. 6, 381. —

Transf., of things: ut habeat lacum, ubi aqua saliat, leaps or flows down, Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 3:

ut in culleum de dolio vinum salire possit,

Cato, R. R. 154:

personae e quarum rostris aqua salire solet,

Dig. 19, 1, 17 fin.; so,

rivus,

Verg. E. 5, 47:

aqua,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 25; Suet. Aug. 82:

aquae salientes,

Front. Aquaed. 9 al.:

aqua saliens,

spring-water, Vulg. Johan. 4, 14; v. also infra, P. a.:

multa in tectis crepitans salit horrida grando,

Verg. G. 1, 449; so,

grando,

Ov. M. 14, 543:

farre pio placant et saliente sale,

Tib. 3, 4, 10; cf.:

farre pio et saliente micā,

Hor. C. 3, 23, 20:

farra micaeque salientis honorem,

Ov. F. 4,409:

cor salit,

leaps, beats, palpitates, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 62; cf. id. Cist. 2, 3, 9; Pers. 3, 111; Sen. Herc. Oet. 708; Verg. G. 3, 460:

pectora trepido motu,

Ov. M. 8, 606:

viscera,

id. ib. 6, 390:

temptatae pollice venae,

id. ib. 10, 289; cf. id. H. 20, 139:

supercilium,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 105:

e terrāque exorta repente arbusta salirent,

Lucr. 1, 187.—

Trop.:

aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.—

Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.

salto (once salĭto, Varr. L. L. 5, § 85 Müll., Salii a salitando), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. [2. salio], to dance (in the widest signif. of the word, including pantomime and gesticulation; mostly with a contemptuous accessory signif.).

Neutr.: vidi in his unum puerum bullatum, non minorem annis duodecim, cum crotalis saltare, quam saltationem impudicus servulus honeste saltare non posset, Scipio Afric. ap. Macr. S. 2, 10 (v. the whole chapter on this subject); cf. Cic. Pis. 10, 22; id. Deiot. 9, 26; id. Mur. 6, 13; id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

in foro (as an indecorum),

id. ib. 3, 19, 75:

quin scire velim saltare puellam,

Ov. A. A. 3, 349:

fac saltet,

id. R. Am. 334: Sa. Salta, saltabo ego simul. Ste. Siquidem mihi saltandum est, tum vos date, bibat, tibicini, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 14; 5, 5, 16; cf.:

ad tibicinis modos (ludiones),

Liv. 7, 2:

tu inter eas restim ductans saltabis,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 34:

negarem posse eum (sc. oratorem) satisfacere in gestu, nisi palaestram, nisi saltare didicisset,

Cic. de Or. 3, 22, 83: si vox est, canta;

si mollia bracchia, salta,

Ov. A. A. 1, 595; Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 14; id. Matt. 14, 6.—Prov.:

cecinimus vobis, et non saltastis,

Vulg. Matt. 11, 17; cf. Luc. 7, 32.— Impers. pass.:

cantatur ac saltatur per omnes gentes,

Quint. 2, 17, 10.—

Trop., of an orator, to speak in a jerking manner, i. e. in little clauses:

Hegesias dum imitari Lysiam vult, saltat incidens particulas,

Cic. Or. 67, 226.—

Act., to dance, i. e. to represent by dancing and gesticulation, to perform in pantomime a play or a part (not ante-Aug.):

pantomimus Mnester tragoediam saltavit, quam olim Neoptolemus tragoedus egerat,

Suet. Calig. 57; so,

pyrrhicham,

id. Caes. 39:

aliquam mimo saltante puellam,

Ov. A. A. 1, 501:

Cyclopa,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 63:

Glaucum,

Vell. 2, 83, 2:

Turnum Vergilii,

Suet. Ner. 54: odaria, to accompany [p. 1621] with dancing, Petr. 53, 11:

laudes alicujus,

Plin. Pan. 54, 1.— Pass.:

ficti saltantur amantes,

Ov. R. Am. 755:

saltata poëmata,

recited with an accompaniment of dancing, id. Tr. 2, 519; cf. id. ib. 5, 7, 25:

plerique jactant cantari saltarique commentarios suos,

Tac. Or. 26:

saltatur Venus, saltatur et Magna Mater,

Arn. 4, n. 35.