adjective
Sălĭāris
Meaning
- belonging to the
Sălĭāris, e, adj. 1. Salii.
I. Of or belonging to the Salii (priests of Mars), Salian: Numae carmen, which Numa directed the Salii to chant, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86:
sacra, Macr. S. 3, 12: saltus, Sen. Ep. 15, 4.— II. Transf., of banquets (because of the sumptuous feasts which were given at the Salian processions), splendid, sumptuous:
quibus (Saliis) per omnes dies, ub cumque manent, quia amplae ponuntur cenae: si quae aliae magnae fiunt, Saliares appellantur, Fest. s. v. Salios, p. 326 Müll.: dapes, Hor. C. 1, 37, 2: epulae, App. M. 7, p. 192, 25: cenae, id. ib. 4, p. 152, 30; cf.: cum epulati essemus Saliarem in modum, Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1.Sălĭāris, e, adj. 2. salio:
I.
insulae, dancing islands, Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Saliāris e, adj.
Salii, of the Salii, Salian : Numae carmen, given by Numa to the Salii , H.— Splendid, sumptuous : dapes, H.: epulari Saliarem in modum.