sălum (noun N) : (
* Masc. collat. form, corresp. to the Gr. acc., undantem salum, Enn. ap. Non. 223, 24, or Trag. v. 226 Vahl.), = σάλος, the open sea, the high sea, the main, the deep; opp. to the sea near the coast or in a port (occurring only in sing., and mostly in the acc. and abl.).
* Lit. (rare but class.), Cic. Caecin. 30, 88: in salum nave evectus,Liv. 29, 14: paucas (naves) ante portum in salo habiturum,id. 37, 10: pars (classis) in salo ad ostium portūs in ancoris stetit,id. 37, 13 (cf. the Gr. ἐν σάλὡ στῆναι, to lie at anchor in the open sea); so, in salo stare,id. 37, 16; 44, 12: procul ab insulā in salo navem tenere ancoris,Nep. Them. 8.
* Transf.
* Trop., a sea of thought, agitation, trouble, etc.: tam aerumnoso navigare salo, Cic. poët. Tusc. 3, 28, 67: cum in isto cogitationis salo fluctuarem,App. M. 4 init.: mentis (with dissensio cogitationum),id. ib. 9, p. 225, 30.
* Like σάλος, sea-sickness: tirones salo nauseāque confecti,Caes. B. C. 3, 28.—*
* The stream, current of a river: (amnis) saevit majore salo,Stat. Th. 10, 867.
* The color of the sea, Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 16 and 17.