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sāl salis

1 SAL-, salt water, brine, the sea : sale tabentes artūs, V.: aequorei unda salis, O.: Hypanis salibus vitiatur amaris, O.— Salt : praebere ligna salemque, H.: multos modios salis: aquae et salis copia, Cs.: sale invecto uti, L.— Fig., intellectual acuteness, good sense, shrewdness, cunning, wit, facetiousness, sarcasm : habere salem, T.: aliquid salis a mimā uxore trahere: sale vicit omnīs: salis satis est, sannionum parum: (Lucilius) sale multo Urbem defricuit, H.: delectatur sale nigro, i. e. biting sarcasm , H.—Plur, witticisms, jests, smart sayings, sarcasms : Romani veteres atque urbani sales: Plautinos laudare sales, H.: salibus vehemens intra pomoeria natis, Iu.— Good taste, elegance : tectum plus salis quam sumptūs habebat, N.

Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.

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