Salii

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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseɪli.iː/, /ˈseɪlijiː/, /ˈsæli.iː/, /ˈsælijiː/

Etymology 1

From Latin Salii (“the Leapers, the Jumpers”), from salīre (“to leap, to jump”).

Noun

Salii pl (plural only)

  1. (historical) The 12 priests of Mars Gradivus in Ancient Rome.
Hyponyms

Etymology 2

From Latin Salii (“the Salians”), from Sala (“the Ijssel River”) + -ius (adjective-forming suffix), variant of Isala, from Proto-Germanic *Īsalō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to rush, to move quickly”).[1]

Noun

Salii pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, dated) Synonym of Salians, the Salian people, especially in ancient Roman contexts.

References

  1. ^ J. de Vries, Etymologisch woordenboek. Utrecht: Het Spectrum, 1959

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From salīre (“to leap, to jump”) + -īus (“-y: forming adjectives”).

Proper noun

Saliī m pl (genitive Saliōrum); second declension

  1. (historical) Salii, the priests of Mars Gradivus in Rome
Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Saliī
Genitive Saliōrum
Dative Saliīs
Accusative Saliōs
Ablative Saliīs
Vocative Saliī
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Sala (“the Ijssel River”) +‎ -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”), variant of Isala, from Proto-Germanic *Īsalō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to rush, to move quickly”).

Proper noun

Saliī m pl (genitive Saliōrum); second declension

  1. (historical) Salii, Salians, people living near the river Ijssel in antiquity
Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Saliī
Genitive Saliōrum
Dative Saliīs
Accusative Saliōs
Ablative Saliīs
Vocative Saliī
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