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sălūtātĭo , ōnis, f. saluto,
I.a greeting. saluting, salutation (rare but good prose).
I. In gen.: “quis te aditu, quis ullo honore, quis denique communi salutatione dignum putet?” Cic. Pis. 40, 96: “salutationem facere,” Liv. 1, 1 fin.: “salutationem reddere,” Tac. A. 4, 61: “salutatione acceptā ac redditā,” Macr. S. 1, 6: “mutuā salutatione factā,” Curt. 10, 8, 23.—Of performing devotions: “uti praetereuntes possint respicere (aedificia deorum) et in conspectu salutationes facere,” Vitr. 4, 5.—Rarely of a written greeting (in a lusus verbb. with salus), Cic. Brut. 3, 13; Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 21; id. Col. 9, 18.—
II. In partic., of ceremonial visits, a visit, a waiting upon: “mane salutamus domi et bonos viros multos, etc. ... Ubi salutatio defluxit, litteris me involvo,” Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 3; 7, 28, 2; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 6 al.—After the time of the emperors, of paying respects, paying court to the emperor, Suet. Aug. 27; id. Claud. 37; id. Vit. 14; id. Vesp. 4 al.; in plur., id. Aug. 53; Gell. 4, 1, 1.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.20.3
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 16.21
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 40.96
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 37
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 14
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 4.5
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.61
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 27
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 53
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 1
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 4.1.1
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 10.8.23
    • Cicero, Brutus, 3.13
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