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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of sallō (“to salt”), from earlier *saldō. The phonetic development is *sald-tos > *salssos.
Pronunciation
Adjective
salsus (feminine salsa, neuter salsum, adverb salsē); first/second-declension adjective
- salty, briny
- (figuratively) sharp, witty
Participle
salsus (feminine salsa, neuter salsum); first/second-declension participle
- perfect participle of sallō (“to salt”): salted (seasoned with or preserved in salt)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Weiss, Michael L. (2009) Outline of the Historical and Comparative Grammar of Latin, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, § II. A 16, page 172
Further reading
- “salsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “salsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- salsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “salsus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly