Saleius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈleːi̯.us/, [s̠äˈɫ̪eːi̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈlej.us/, [säˈlɛjus]

Proper noun

Salēius m sg (genitive Salēiī or Salēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Saleius Bassus, a Roman poet

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Salēius
Genitive	Salēiī Salēī1
Dative	Salēiō
Accusative	Salēium
Ablative	Salēiō
Vocative	Salēī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Salēiānus

References

• “Saleius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Saleius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.