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|lshtext=<b>sal</b>: sălis (<br /><b>I</b> neutr. collat. form of the nom. sălĕ, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26, or Ann. v. 378 Vahl.; Varr. ap. Non. 223, 17; also, in the [[regular]] form [[sometimes]] neutr. in sing.,<br /> v. [[infra]], I.; [[but]] plur. [[always]] sales, m.; cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 697 sq.; dat. plur.: infusis salis, Fabian. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 82 P.), m. [[root]] sal-, to [[stream]], [[flow]]; cf. ἅλς; perh. also [[found]] in [[insula]], [[salix]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[salt]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Sing.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Masc.: ex [[sale]], qui [[apud]] Carthaginienses [[fit]], [[Cato]] ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.: salem candidum sic facito, id. R. R. 88; Varr. R. R. 1, 7, 8; Col. 6, 17, 7; 8, 6 Schneid. N. cr.; 12, 6, 2; 12, 21, 2 al.; Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 73; Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 95; id. Curc. 4, 4, 6; id. Pers. 3, 3, 25; Sall. Fragm. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 82 P., and ap. Prisc. p. 644 ib.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 46 et saep.—Prov.: salem cum [[pane]] [[edit]], Plin. 31, 8, 41, § 89.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neutr.: [[nunc]] vides in conviviis ita poni et sal et mel, Varr. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 82 P.; so, aliud, Fabian. ib. p. 82 P.; tritum, Veg. 2, 24, 4 al.; v. also [[infra]], II.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Doubtful gen.: multos modios salis, Cic. Lael. 19, 67: (caseum) [[parco]] [[sale]] reponunt, Verg. G. 3, 403; Caes. B. C. 2, 37: salis vendendi [[arbitrium]], Liv. 29, 6; 45, 29; Hor. S. 1, 3, 14; 2, 2, 17; 2, 4, 74; Col. 7, 8, 5; Cels. 2, 24; Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Plur.: [[quin]] aspergi solent sales: [[melior]] [[fossilis]] [[quam]] [[marinus]], Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 6; Col. 7, 4, 8; 8, 6, 1; Pall. 9, 2 Mai; id. Nov. 19; Fabian. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 82 P.; Ov. M. 15, 286.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet., the [[salt]] [[water]], [[brine]], [[sea]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Sing., Enn. 1. 1.: [[supra]] rorem salis edita [[pars]] est remorum, Lucr. 4, 438: et [[sale]] tabentes [[artus]] in litore ponunt, Verg. A. 1, 173; 1, 35; 3, 385; 5, 848; 5, 866; 6, 697; 10, 214; Ov. P. 1, 1, 70; Val. Fl. 4, 722.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Plur.: sales amari, Ov. M. 15, 286: aequorei, Luc. 10, 257.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A speck on [[precious]] stones shaped [[like]] a [[grain]] of [[salt]].—Sing.: sal, Plin. 37, 6, 22, § 83; 37, 8, 37, § 117; 37, 2, 10, § 28.—Plur.: sales, Plin. 37, 2, 8, § 22.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Intellectual [[acuteness]], [[good]] [[sense]], [[shrewdness]], [[cunning]], [[wit]], [[facetiousness]], [[sarcasm]], a [[witticism]], [[witty]] [[saying]] ([[class]]. in sing. and plur.; syn.: [[lepos]], facetiae, [[festivitas]]): (sal) [[adeo]] necessarium [[elementum]] est, ut transierit [[intellectus]] ad voluptates animi [[quoque]]. Nam ita sales appellantur, omnisque vitae [[lepos]] et [[summa]] [[hilaritas]] laborumque [[requies]] non [[alio]] [[magis]] vocabulo [[constat]], Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 88.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Sing.: qui habet salem, [[quod]] in te est, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 10; cf.: nulla [[venustas]], Nulla in tam magno est corpore [[mica]] salis, Cat. 86, 4: [[Caesar]] inusitatum nostris oratoribus leporem quendam et salem est consecutus, Cic. de Or. 2, 23, 98; cf. id. N. D. 2, 29, 74: [[sale]] [[vero]] et facetiis [[Caesar]] vicit [[omnis]], id. Off. 1, 37, 133: (litterae) tum humanitatis sparsae [[sale]], id. Att. 1, 13, 1: qui ([[versus]]) dum [[denique]] habent salem ac leporem, Cat. 16, 7: P. [[Scipio]] omnes [[sale]] facetiisque superabat, Cic. Brut. 34, 128; cf.: [[argutiae]] facetissimi salis, Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 117: salis [[satis]] est, sannionum [[parum]], Cic Fam. 9, 16, 10: in quo mihi videtur [[specimen]] fuisse humanitatis, salis, suavitatis, leporis, id. Tusc. 5, 19, 55: ([[Lucilius]]) [[sale]] [[multo]] Urbem defricuit, Hor. S. 1, 10, 3; cf. of the [[same]]: [[acerbitas]] et [[abundantia]] salis, Quint. 10, 1, 94: hic delectatur iambis, Ille Bioneïs sermonibus et [[sale]] [[nigro]], i. e. [[biting]] [[wit]], [[sarcasm]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 60; Cat. 13, 5: qui plurimum in scribendo et salis haberet et fellis nec candoris [[minus]], Plin. Ep. 3, 21, 1. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Neutr. ([[ante]]-[[class]].): [[quicquid]] loquitur, sal [[merum]] est, Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.; so, ([[puella]]) Χαρίτων μία,> tota [[merum]] sal, Lucr. 4, 1162.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Plur.: Romani veteres [[atque]] urbani sales, Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2: vestri proavi Plautinos Laudavere sales, Hor. A. P. 271; Sen. Vit. Beat. 27, 2: periculosi sales, id. Tranq. 1, 4: libaboque tuos, [[scite]] Menandre, sales, Prop. 3 (4), 21, 28: huic generi orationis aspergentur [[etiam]] sales, qui in dicendo minimum [[quantum]] valent: quorum duo genera sunt, unum facetiarum, alterum dicacitatis, Cic. Or. 26, 87; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 15; 10, 1, 117: (Ciceronem) in salibus [[aliquando]] frigidum, id. 12, 10, 12: a salibus suffusis felle refugi, Ov. Tr. 2, 565: protervi sales, Stat. S. 1, 6, 6: salibus [[vehemens]] [[intra]] pomoeria [[natis]], Juv. 9, 11.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Borrowed from the [[use]] of [[salt]] as a [[relish]].) Good [[taste]], [[elegance]]: [[tectum]] [[antiquitus]] [[constitutum]] [[plus]] salis [[quam]] sumptūs habebat, Nep. Att. 13, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Sharpness, pungency, [[stimulus]], [[incentive]]: quae (sc. [[calor]], [[sanguis]]) aviditatem naturali [[sale]] augent, Plin. 10, 72, 93, § 198.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sāl</b>,⁹ sălis, m. (ἅλς),<br /><b>1</b> sel : Cic. Læl. 67 ; Cæs. C. 2, 37, 5 &#124;&#124; pl. [[sales]], grains de sel, sel : [[Varro]] R. 2, 11, 6 ; Col. Rust. 7, 4, 8<br /><b>2</b> [métaph.] <b> a)</b> [poét.] onde salée, la mer : Virg. En. 1, 173, etc. ; pl. Ov. M. 15, 286 ; Luc. 10, 257 ; <b> b)</b> tache [en forme de grain de sel, dans une pierre précieuse] : Plin. 37, 83 ; pl. 37, 22<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] <b> a)</b> sel, esprit piquant, finesse caustique : Cic. de Or. 2, 98 ; Nat. 2, 74 ; Off. 1, 133 ; Att. 1, 13, 1 ; Br. 128, etc. &#124;&#124; pl., plaisanteries, bons mots : Cic. Or. 87 ; Fam. 9, 15, 2 ; Hor. P. 271 ; Quint. 10, 1, 117 ; 12, 10, 12 ; <b> b)</b> finesse d’esprit, intelligence : Ter. Eun. 400 ; <b> c)</b> bon goût : Nep. Att. 13, 2 ; <b> d)</b> sel = condiment, stimulant : Plin. 10, 198. genre [[neutre]] : [[Varro]] et Fabian. d. Char. 106, 15 ; [fig.] Afran. d. Prisc. Gramm. p. 659 ; Lucr. 4, 1162 &#124;&#124; forme [[sale]], is, n. : Enn. Ann. 385 ; Varr. d. Non. 223, 17.
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{{Georges
|georg=sāl, salis, m. u. n., Plur. salēs ([[ἅλς]]), das [[Salz]], I) eig. u. bildl.: 1) eig.: [[sal]] et [[mel]], [[Varro]]: [[sal]] [[fossicius]] od. [[fossilis]] (Ggstz. [[marinus]]), [[Varro]]: [[sal]] [[montanus]], Colum.: [[sal]] coctum, Colum.: [[sal]] [[nitrum]], Plin.: [[sal]] aliud perlucidum, aliud inquinatum [[aut]] [[nigrum]], Fabian. fr. [[bei]] [[Charis]]. 106, 15: [[multi]] modii salis, Cic.: [[mons]] ex [[sale]] mero [[magnus]], [[Cato]] fr.: salis [[statua]], [[Salzsäule]], Sedul.: [[sale]] invecto [[uti]], Liv. – Plur. [[sales]], Salzkörner, [[Salz]], [[sales]] nimii, Colum.: [[sales]] fricti, Pallad.: aspergi solent [[sales]], [[Varro]]. Vgl. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> 1, 616. – 2) bildl.: a) [[Salz]] [[für]] »feiner, [[aber]] scharfer [[Witz]]« im [[Reden]], Scherzen usw., urbani [[sales]], Cic.: amari [[sales]], Quint.: epistulae humanitatis sparsae [[sale]], Cic.: leporem quendam et salem consequi, Cic.: [[sale]] et facetiis [[Caesar]] vicit omnes, Cic.: delectari [[sale]] [[nigro]], bitterem [[Humor]], Hor.: ut [[quidquid]] loquitur, [[sal]] [[merum]] est! Afran. fr. – b) der [[Verstand]], die [[Klugheit]], [[List]], [[qui]] habet salem, [[quod]] in te est, Ter. eun. 400. – c) die [[Feinheit]], der [[Geschmack]], [[tectum]] [[plus]] salis [[quam]] [[sumptus]] habebat, Nep.: nulla [[venustas]], nulla in [[tam]] magno est corpore [[mica]] salis, Catull. – d) der [[Reiz]] zum [[Hunger]], [[Durst]] usw., aviditatem naturali [[sale]] augent, Plin. 10, 198. – II) meton.: 1) das (salzige) [[Meerwasser]], das [[Meer]], [[fluctus]] salis, Catull.: undae salis, Catull.: [[Tyrrhenus]], Verg.: campi salis, Verg.: [[artus]] [[sale]] tabentes, Verg. – 2) [[ein]] [[wie]] [[ein]] [[Salzkorn]] gestalteter [[Fleck]] [[auf]] Edelsteinen u. Kristallen, [[sal]], Plin. 37, 68: Plur. [[sales]], Plin. 37, 22. – 3) Plur. [[sales]] = der [[Salzgeschmack]], [[sales]] amari, Ov. [[met]]. 15, 286: aequorei, Lucan. 10, 257. – / Nbf. [[sale]], is, n., Enn. ann. 385. [[Varro]] b. Non. 223, 17: Abl. Sing. gew. [[sale]], [[aber]] [[auch]] sali, Veran. [[bei]] [[Fest]]. 158 (b), 30; vgl. Frgm. Bob. de nom. § 25. p. 560, 31 K. (wo [[ein]] Nom. salis [[angenommen]] wird). – Über [[Geschlecht]] u. [[Messung]] [[von]] [[sal]] s. Bentley Ter. eun. 3, 1, 10. [[Neue]]-Wagener Formenl.<sup>3</sup> 1, 995 f.
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{{esel
|sltx=[[ἅλμη]], [[ἅλς]], [[ἅλας]], [[ἑλινικόκκιον]]
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