noun · neutersecond declension
salum
salum n sg (genitive salī)
Classical[ˈsa.ɫũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaː.lum]
Meaning
- neutersingularthe (open or high) sea, main, deep, ocean
- neutersingularroadstead, berth, anchorage
- neutersingularthe sea in motion; waves, billow
- figurativelyneutersingularthe colour of the sea
- figurativelyneutersingularsea of thought, anxiety, agitation or trouble
- figurativelyneutersingularstream, current
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | salum | — |
| genitive | salī | salōrum |
| dative | salō | — |
| accusative | salum | — |
| ablative | salō | — |
| vocative | salum | — |
sălum, i, n. (
I. masc. collat. form, corresp. to the Gr. acc., undantem salum, Enn. ap. Non. 223, 24, or Trag. v. 226 Vahl.), = σάλος, the open sea, the high sea, the main, the deep; opp. to the sea near the coast or in a port (occurring only in sing., and mostly in the acc. and abl.).
I. Lit. (rare but class.), Cic. Caecin. 30, 88:
in salum nave evectus, Liv. 29, 14: paucas (naves) ante portum in salo habiturum, id. 37, 10: pars (classis) in salo ad ostium portūs in ancoris stetit, id. 37, 13 (cf. the Gr. ἐν σάλὡ στῆναι, to lie at anchor in the open sea); so, in salo stare, id. 37, 16; 44, 12: procul ab insulā in salo navem tenere ancoris, Nep. Them. 8.—B. Transf.
1. In gen., the sea (poet.):
rapidum salum tulistis truculentaque pelagi, Cat. 63, 16; Prop. 1, 6, 2; 1, 15, 12; 3, 7 (4, 6), 40; Verg. A. 1, 537; 2, 209; Hor. Epod. 17, 55; Ov. Am. 2, 11, 24 al.: rubrum, Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 6.—* 2. Like σάλος, sea-sickness:
tirones salo nauseāque confecti, Caes. B. C. 3, 28.—* 3. The stream, current of a river:
(amnis) saevit majore salo, Stat. Th. 10, 867.—4. The color of the sea, Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 16 and 17.—
II. Trop., a sea of thought, agitation, trouble, etc.:
tam aerumnoso navigare salo, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 28, 67: cum in isto cogitationis salo fluctuarem, App. M. 4 init.: mentis (with dissensio cogitationum), id. ib. 9, p. 225, 30.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
(salum ī), n
the open sea, high sea, main, deep (only sing, acc., and abl.): restituere non in salum, sed in ipsam urbem: in salum nave evectus, L.: pars (classis) in salo stetit, L.—The sea, ocean, waves: Fit sonitus spumante salo, V.: saxa Neptunus alto tundit salo, H.—The tossing of the waves: tirones salo nauseāque confecti, sea-sickness, Cs.— Fig., a sea: tam aerumnoso navigare salo, such a sea of troubles, C. poët.
Origins
Either from sāl (“salt”) or borrowed from Ancient Greek σάλος (sálos, “movement of the sea”).