salsugo

Latin

Alternative forms

• salsilāgō

Etymology

salsus (“salty”, “salted”) +‎ -ūgō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /salˈsuː.ɡoː/, [s̠äɫ̪ˈs̠uːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /salˈsu.ɡo/, [sälˈsuːɡo]

Noun

salsūgō f (genitive salsūginis); third declension

1. salinity, saltiness, brackishness
2. (transferred sense) salt-water, saline, brine

   Synonym: muria

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	salsūgō	salsūginēs
Genitive	salsūginis	salsūginum
Dative	salsūginī	salsūginibus
Accusative	salsūginem	salsūginēs
Ablative	salsūgine	salsūginibus
Vocative	salsūgō	salsūginēs

Derived terms

• terra salsūginis

References

• “salsūgo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salsugo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• salsugo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “salsūgō” on page 1,682/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)