proper noun
Sălĭsubsŭli
Meaning
- the dancing priests of Mars
Sălĭsubsŭli, ōrum, m. Salii-subsilio, a word comically formed by Cat., to signify
I. the dancing priests of Mars (v. Salii), Cat. 17, 6.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Salisubsulī ōrum, m
dancing priests of Mars, Ct.