LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

salāx

salāx (genitive salācis)
Classical[ˈsa.ɫaːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaː.laks]

Meaning

  1. especiallyone terminationprone to leaping
  2. one terminationsalacious, lustful, lecherous, lascivious
    ‘sitque salāx ariēs, conceptaque sēmina coniūnx‘‘And may the ram be lustful, and may his mate return the seeds having been received, and in my stable may there be many a lamb.’’ (A shepherd’s prayer to Pales.)8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 4.771–772
  3. one terminationlust-provoking, provocative

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesalāxsalāxsalāx
genitivesalācissalācissalācis
dativesalācīsalācīsalācī
accusativesalācemsalācemsalāx
ablativesalācī
salāce		salācī
salāce		salācī
salāce
vocativesalāxsalāxsalāx
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesalācēssalācēssalācia
genitivesalāciumsalāciumsalācium
dativesalācibussalācibussalācibus
accusativesalācīs
salācēs		salācīs
salācēs		salācia
ablativesalācibussalācibussalācibus
vocativesalācēssalācēssalācia

sălax, ācis, adj. salio; cf. sagax, from sagio.
I. Fond of leaping, esp. of male animals, lustful, lecherous, salacious: galli, Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 5: aries, Ov. F. 4, 771: salaciora animalia, Lact. Opif. Dei, 14: salacissimi mares, Col. 7, 9, 1; 8, 2, 9: cauda, Hor. S. 1, 2, 45.—Vulgarly applied to Priapus: deus, Auct. Priap. 14, 1; 34, 1; and sarcastically: salacissimus Juppiter, Sen. ap. Lact. 1, 16, 10.—
II. Poet. transf., that provokes lust, provocative: erucae, Ov. R. Am. 799: bulbi, Mart. 3, 75, 3: herba, i.e. eruca, Ov. A. A. 2, 422; Mart. 10, 48, 10.

Origins

From saliō (“to leap, jump”) + -āx (“inclined to”).

Descendants
  • Englishsalacious
  • Frenchsalace
  • Italiansalace
  • Portuguesesalaz
  • Spanishsalaz

In English words that came into English from salāx

  • salacioussalāx
  • salacitysalācitās

Quick answers

What does salāx mean in Latin?
salāx, a adjective, means “prone to leaping; salacious, lustful, lecherous, lascivious; lust-provoking, provocative”.
How do you pronounce salāx?
In classical Latin, [ˈsa.ɫaːks]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsaː.laks].