(P. a.v. a.P. a.) : sălĭo (sall-), no
* Perf., ītum, 4 (collat. form sălo or sallo, no perf., salsum, 3: salunt, Varr. ap. Diom. p. 372 P.: salerent, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 909: salere, Lucil. ib.: salsurus, Mummius ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.; part. salsus, v.infra P. a.), v. a. id..
* To salt down, to salt: pernas, Cato ap. Varr. R. R. 1, 2 fin.: oleas caducas,Cato, R. R. 23, 1: pisces, Sisenn. ap. Prisc. p. 909 P.; Cels. 2, 18: saliturus istaec mittam salem, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 910 P.: saliti pumiliones, Corn. Sev. ib.; so in part. perf.: caro salita, Fabian. ap. Diom. p. 372: thynnus,Col. 6, 32, 2 et saep.; Vulg. Ezech. 16, 4.
* To sprinkle before sacrifice (eccl. Lat.): omnis victima sale salietur,Vulg. Marc. 9, 48; cf.: igne salietur,id. ib.— Hence, salsus, a, um, P. a., salted, salt.
* Lit., Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 6: hoc salsum'st,is too salt,Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 71: caseus,Col. 12, 59, 1: fruges (as a sacrifice),Verg. A. 2, 133; cf. farra,Ov. F. 3, 284 (v. mola): (gravidae) salsioribus cibis usae,Plin. 7, 6, 5, § 42: salsissimus sal qui siccissimus,id. 31, 7, 41, § 85.—A poet. epithet of the sea, of blood, of tears, etc., salt, briny: mare, Enn. ap. Macr. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 453 Vahl.); id. ap. Non. 183, 19 (Trag. v. 145 ib.); cf. aequor,Lucr. 3, 493; 5, 128; 6, 634: vada,Cat. 64, 6; Verg. A. 5, 158: e salso momine ponti,Lucr. 6, 474: fluctus,Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 2: undae,Lucr. 6, 891; 6, 894: gurges,id. 5, 482; hence, comically, of shipwrecked persons,Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 12; 2, 6, 33: sanguis, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Trag. v. 168 Vahl.); Att. ap. Non. 192, 2: heu! qui salsis fluctibus mandet me? id. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19 (Trag. v. 562 Rib.): lacrimae,Lucr. 1,125; 1, 920; cf.: guttae lacrimarum, Att. ap. Non. 503, 29: sputa,Lucr. 6, 1189: sudor,Verg. A. 2, 173: rubigo,id. G. 2, 220.—In plur. subst.: salsa, ōrum, n., salted things, salted food, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 32.—Sup. salsissimus; hence, mare salsissimum,the Dead Sea,Vulg. Num. 34, 3 et saep.
* Trop. (acc. to sal, II.), sharp, acute, witty, facetious (syn.: facetus, dicax, lepidus, urbanus): accedunt non Attici, sed salsiores quam illi Atticorum, Romani veteres atque urbani sales,Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2: genus est perelegans et cum gravitate salsum, etc.,id. de Or. 2, 67, 270 sq.; cf. id. ib. 2, 63, 255; 2, 56, 228; id. Or. 26, 90: salsum in consuetudine pro ridiculo tantum accepimus. Quint. 6, 3, 18 sq.; 6, 3, 39: salso multoque fluenti (sermone) regerit convicia,Hor. S. 1, 7, 28; 1, 9, 65.—In neutr. plur. subst.: inveni ridicula et salsa multa Graecorum,Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 217: De Ηρακλειδείὡ Varronis, negotia salsa, are humorous, merry stories, id. Att. 16, 12 fin.—Of persons: esse quamvis facetum atque salsum, non nimis est per se ipsum invidendum,Cic. de Or. 2, 56, 228; id. Phil. 2, 17, 42; Cat. 14, 16.—Adv.: salsē, wittily, acutely, facetiously (acc. to B.): dicere aliquid,Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 275; Quint. 6, 3, 13; 6, 3, 30; 6, 3, 89; 6, 3, 101. —Sup. salsissime, Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 221.

(verb) : sălĭo, ŭi (cf. Diom. p. 371 P.; Prisc. p. 906 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 3, 416:
* Salii,Stat. S. 1, 2, 210; id. Th. 9, 132; Aug. Doctr. Chr. 2, 20, § 31: salivi,Serv. Verg. G. 2, 384), saltum, 4 (gen. plur. part. pres. salientum, Lucr. 4, 1200), and a. [kindr. with Sanscr. sar-, sal-, to go, and Gr. ἅλλομαι; cf. salax].
* Neutr., to leap, spring, bound, jump (cf. tripudio), hop.
* Lit. (class.): ambulant aliquae (aves), ut cornices: saliunt aliae, ut passeres, merulae, etc.,Plin. 10, 38, 54, § 111: saliendo sese exercebant,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 25; id. Mil. 2, 3, 8: calamo salientes ducere pisces,Ov. M. 3, 587: vexare uterum pueris salientibus,Juv. 6, 599 et saep.: saxo salire,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; cf.: de muro (with praecipitari),Liv. 25, 24: praecipites in puteum, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.: in aquas,Ov. Ib. 554: super vallum,Liv. 25, 39: super scuta,on the shields,Flor. 3, 10, 13: ultra Limites clientium Salis avarus,Hor. C. 2, 18, 26: saliet, tundet pede terram,id. A. P. 430: salias terrae gravis,id. Ep. 1, 14, 26: per praecipitia et praerupta,Liv. 27, 18: per flammas saluisse pecus, saluisse colonos,Ov. F. 4, 805: unctos saluere per utres,Verg. G. 2, 384: medio cum saluere foro,Prop. 4 (5), 5, 52. saliunt in gurgite ranae,Ov. M. 6, 381.
* Act., of the copulation of animals, to leap, cover, Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 14; 2, 4, 8; 2, 7, 8 sq.; 3, 6, 3; 3, 10, 3; Ov. A. A. 2, 485; Lucr. 4, 1196.—Hence, sălĭens, entis, P. a.; only in plur. subst.: sălĭentes, ĭum, f. (sc. aquae), springs, fountains, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2; Vitr. 8, 3, 6; Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 121; Front. Aquaed. 9; 87 fin.; 103; 104; Dig. 19, 1, 15 al.
* Trop.: aliena negotia centum Per caput et circa saliunt latus,Hor. S. 2, 6, 34.