From salsus (“salted”) + -īcius. Attested from the second century CE in the expression farta salsīcia, referring to a type of sausage.
salsīcius (feminine salsīcia, neuter salsīcium); first/second-declension adjective
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | salsīcius | salsīcia | salsīcium | salsīciī | salsīciae | salsīcia | |
genitive | salsīciī | salsīciae | salsīciī | salsīciōrum | salsīciārum | salsīciōrum | |
dative | salsīciō | salsīciae | salsīciō | salsīciīs | |||
accusative | salsīcium | salsīciam | salsīcium | salsīciōs | salsīciās | salsīcia | |
ablative | salsīciō | salsīciā | salsīciō | salsīciīs | |||
vocative | salsīcie | salsīcia | salsīcium | salsīciī | salsīciae | salsīcia |
Most via the form salsīcia, likely reflecting a shortening of the aforementioned phrase farta salsīcia.