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saltem (-tim) adv.

3 SAL-, saved, save, at least, at the least, at all events, anyhow : si illud non licet, Saltem hoc licebit, T.: si nihil aliud, saltem ut eum videret: si cetera amisimus, hoc saltem ut nobis relinquatur.—Ellipt.: finge aliquid saltem commode, i. e. (since you cannot tell the truth) at least make a plausible pretence : saltem tenet hoc nos, H.—With a negative, not . . . at least, not even, nor even : illos, etsi non exhortatio, suum saltem dedecus cogere potuit, etc., L.

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