salvus

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *salawos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós, from *solh₂- (“whole”) + *-wós (whence Latin -vus; for a similar semantic development see wholesome).

    Cognates

    From PIE: Faliscan 𐌔𐌀𐌋𐌖𐌄𐌔 (salues) and Latin salus

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    salvus (feminine salva, neuter salvum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. safe, saved, preserved, sound, unharmed, unscathed, unhurt, uninjured
      Synonyms: sanus, saluber, validus, integer, intactus, sospes, incolumis, sollus, innoxius
      Antonyms: aeger, affectus, miser, fessus, īnfirmus, languidus
      Hanc rem publicam salvam esse volumus.
      We wish this republic to be safe.
    2. well, healthy, wholesome

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative salvus salva salvum salvī salvae salva
    genitive salvī salvae salvī salvōrum salvārum salvōrum
    dative salvō salvae salvō salvīs
    accusative salvum salvam salvum salvōs salvās salva
    ablative salvō salvā salvō salvīs
    vocative salve salva salvum salvī salvae salva

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: salv
    • French: sauf
    • Friulian: salf, salv
    • Galician: salvo
    • Italian: salvo
    • Old French: sauf, saulf, salf
    • Piedmontese: salv
    • Portuguese: salvo
    • Romansch: salv, zalv
    • Sardinian: salvu, sarbu, sarvu
    • Spanish: salvo

    References

    • “salvus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • salvus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • without breaking the law: salvis legibus (vid. sect. X. 7, note Notice...)
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