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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.