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Latin
Etymology
From salus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
salūtāris (neuter salūtāre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- healthy
- useful, helpful
- advantageous
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) salutary, salvific, saving, redeeming from sin
- c. 1260 A.D., St. Thomas Aquinas, O Salutaris Hostia:
O salutaris Hostia,
Quæ cæli pandis ostium
Bella premunt hostilia,
Da robur, fer auxilium.
Uni trinoque Domino
Sit sempiterna gloria,
Qui vitam sine termino
Nobis donet in patria. Amen.- O, salutary Victim,
Who expandest the door of heaven,
Hostile armies press,
Give strength; bear aid.
To the Triune Lord,
May there be everlasting glory;
that life without end He
to us grant in our homeland. Amen.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
salūtāris
- genitive singular of salūtāre
Verb
salūtāris
- second-person singular present passive indicative of salūtō
References
- “salutaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “salutaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- salutaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.