LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no perfect stem

sallō

sallō (present infinitive sallere, supine salsum)
Classical[ˈsal.loː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsal.lo]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto salt
    Succidia ab suibus cedendis: nam id pecus primum occidere coeperunt domini et ut servarent sallere.1938 translation by Roland G. Kent Succidia ‘leg of pork’ is said from sues caedendae ‘the cutting up of the swine’; for this was the first domestic animal that the owners began to slaughter and to salt in order to keep the meat unspoiled.116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, De Lingua Latina 5.110
    An non in magni illius Catonis libro, qui de agri cultura est editus, scripta sunt permulta similia, ut haec, quem ad modum placentam facere oporteat, quo pacto libum, qua ratione pernas sallere?1934 translation by W. D. Hooper and Harrison Boyd Ash Why, are there not many such items in the book of the renowned Cato, which he published on the subject of agriculture, such as his recipes for placenta, for libum, and for the salting of hams?116 BCE – 27 BCE, Marcus Terentius Varro, Rerum rusticarum 1.2.28.9

Conjugation conjugation 3 no-perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.sallōsallēbamsallam———
2nd sg.sallissallēbāssallēs———
3rd sg.sallitsallēbatsallet———
1st pl.sallimussallēbāmussallēmus———
2nd pl.sallitissallēbātissallētis———
3rd pl.salluntsallēbantsallent———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.sallamsallerem——
2nd sg.sallāssallerēs——
3rd sg.sallatsalleret——
1st pl.sallāmussallerēmus——
2nd pl.sallātissallerētis——
3rd pl.sallantsallerent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.sallorsallēbarsallar
2nd sg.salleris
sallere
sallēbāris
sallēbāre
sallēris
sallēre
3rd sg.sallitursallēbātursallētur
1st pl.sallimursallēbāmursallēmur
2nd pl.salliminīsallēbāminīsallēminī
3rd pl.salluntursallēbantursallentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.sallarsallerer
2nd sg.sallāris
sallāre
sallerēris
sallerēre
3rd sg.sallātursallerētur
1st pl.sallāmursallerēmur
2nd pl.sallāminīsallerēminī
3rd pl.sallantursallerentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.sallesallere
pres. 2nd pl.sallitesalliminī
fut. 2nd sg.sallitōsallitor
fut. 3rd sg.sallitōsallitor
fut. 2nd pl.sallitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.salluntōsalluntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesalleresallī
perfect infinitive—salsum esse
future infinitivesalsūrum essesalsum īrī
present participlesallēns—
perfect participle—salsus
future participlesalsūrussallendus
sallundus
gerundsallendī, sallendō, sallendumsupinesalsum, salsū

sallo and sălo, ĕre, v. 1. salio.

Origins

From Proto-Italic *saldō, a suffixed derivative of Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l (source of Latin sāl).

Quick answers

What does sallō mean in Latin?
sallō, a verb, means “to salt”.
What are the principal parts of sallō?
sallō, sallere, salsum (third conjugation, no perfect stem).
How do you pronounce sallō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsal.loː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsal.lo].