salutaris

Latin

Etymology

From salus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.luːˈtaː.ris/, [s̠äɫ̪uːˈt̪äːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.luˈta.ris/, [säluˈt̪äːris]

Adjective

salūtāris (neuter salūtāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. healthy
2. useful, helpful
3. advantageous
4. (Ecclesiastical Latin) salutary, salvific, saving, redeeming from sin
   • c. 1260 A.D., St. Thomas Aquinas, O Salutaris Hostia:

     O salutaris Hostia,
     Quæ cæli pandis ostium
     Bella premunt hostilia,
     Da robur, fer auxilium.
     Uni trinoque Domino
     Sit sempiterna gloria,
     Qui vitam sine termino
     Nobis donet in patria. Amen.

     O, salutary Victim,
     Who expandest the door of heaven,
     Hostile armies press,
     Give strength; bear aid.
     To the Triune Lord,
     May there be everlasting glory;
     that life without end He
     to us grant in our homeland. Amen.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	salūtāris	salūtāre		salūtārēs	salūtāria
genitive	salūtāris			salūtārium
dative	salūtārī			salūtāribus
accusative	salūtārem	salūtāre		salūtārēs salūtārīs	salūtāria
ablative	salūtārī			salūtāribus
vocative	salūtāris	salūtāre		salūtārēs	salūtāria

Derived terms

• digitus salūtāris

Descendants

• English: salutary
• French: salutaire
• Italian: salutare
• Piedmontese: salutar
• Portuguese: salutar

Noun

salūtāris

1. genitive singular of salūtāre

Verb

salūtāris

1. second-person singular present passive indicative of salūtō

References

• “salutaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “salutaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• salutaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.