salarius Latin · revision 9255

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Livy|origins=la sāl}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [saˈɫaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [saˈlaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''salārius''' (feminine salāria, neuter salārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[sāl]] “salt” with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Livy, whom he dates 59 BC–17 AD, and Livy has ''annōna salāria'', the revenue from the sale of salt.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant of salt; the ''Via Salāria'' was the road from Rome to Reate, the old salt route of the Sabines.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) As a noun ''salārius'' was a dealer in salted fish, as in Martial.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it of salt and salting.^(DMLBS) Its neuter ''salārium'', said to be originally soldiers' salt-money, gave Old French ''salaire'' and [[en|salary]] in the late 13th century.^(Etymonline) Spanish ''salero'' and French ''salière'' “salt-cellar” descend from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy has ''annōna salāria''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 40–102/103 AD – Martial uses it of a fish dealer.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 13th century – English ''salary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|salt]], ''Via Salāria'', the Salt Road.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A dealer in salted fish.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[salārium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[sāl]]

+ * [[en|salary]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}