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sălum , i, n. (
I.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.).
I. 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.—
B. Transf.
1. In gen., the sea (poet.): “rapidum salum tulistis truculentaque pelagi,” Cat. 63, 16; Prop. 1, 6, 2; 1, 15, 12; 3, 7 (4, 6), 40; Verg. A. 1, 537; 2, 209; Hor. Epod. 17, 55; Ov. Am. 2, 11, 24 al.: “rubrum,” Prop. 3, 13 (4, 12), 6.—*
2. Like σάλος, sea-sickness: “tirones salo nauseāque confecti,” Caes. B. C. 3, 28.—*
3. The stream, current of a river: “(amnis) saevit majore salo,” Stat. Th. 10, 867.—
4. The color of the sea, Mart. Cap. 1, §§ 16 and 17.—
II. 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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 30.88
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.537
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.28
    • Cornelius Nepos, Themistocles, 8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 16
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 29, 14
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 13
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 37, 10
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.13
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.7
    • Statius, Thebias, 10
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