interjection
salvē
salvē
Classical[ˈsaɫ.weː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsal.ve]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- hail!, hello!, welcome!
- farewell!
salvē, adv., v. salvus
I. fin.
salvē,
I. imp., v. salveo.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
salvē adv.
salvus, well, in good health, in good condition .—Only in the colloq. phrase, satin' salve? (sc. res se habent?), is all well? all right? T., L.; see salvus.
salvē
imper. of salveo.
Origins
Imperative of the verb salveō.
Descendants
- Italiansalve
- Portuguesesalve
- Romaniansalve
- Spanishsalve