salutaris Latin · revision 31100

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *slH-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sa.ɫuːˈtaː.rɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [sa.luˈtaː.ris]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''salūtāris''' (neuter salūtāre); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|salūs|t=safety, health]] with the suffix [[m|la|-āris]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan explains ⟨salūs⟩, like [[m|la|salvus|t=safe, whole]], from [[itc-pro|*salu-|t=whole, healthy]], from [[ine-pro|*slH-u-|t=whole]], though the details of the forms are uncertain.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[osc|salavs|t=whole]], [[sa|सर्व|tr=sárva-|t=whole, all]] and [[grc|ὅλος|tr=hólos|t=whole]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Cicero as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) but the OLD's first example is Plautus' ''Aulularia'', a wish “which may be for your lasting good”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is what promotes safety or well-being, salutary, in the widest sense, while [[salūbris]] is mostly “healthy” in the medical sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also wholesome or curative, as Horace's god who relieves tired limbs “with healing art”, and a cult title of gods for their saving power, as Cicero's Jupiter ''Salūtāris''.^(OLD 2012) Burial clubs called themselves ''collēgium salūtāre'', ''digitus salūtāris'' is the index finger (Suetonius); and ''Collis Salūtāris'' was a spur of the Quirinal with a temple of the goddess Salus (Varro).^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Christian Latin it is what brings eternal salvation, the masculine noun ''Salūtāris'' is the Saviour, and the neuter ''salūtāre'' is salvation or redemption.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of what promotes well-being.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of Jupiter ''Salūtāris''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of healing art.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius of the index finger.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 15th century – Borrowed into English, partly by way of French, as [[m|en|salutary]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Promoting safety or well-being, [[m|en|salutary]], beneficial, advantageous.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Wholesome, healthful, curative; a cult title of saving gods.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''digitus salūtāris'', the [[m|en|index finger]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Bringing eternal salvation, saving.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin, masculine)'' The Saviour.^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin, neuter salūtāre)'' Salvation, redemption.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[salūs]]

+ * [[salvus]]

+ * [[salūbris]]

+ * [[en|salutary]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Döderlein distinguishes [[salūs]], existence and safety as opposed to destruction, from [[sānitās]], the health of the person.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}