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salvus

salvus

Latin

Adjective

salvus m ‎(feminine salva, neuter salvum); first/second declension

safe, well, unharmed, sound, saved, healthy
Hanc rem publicam salvam esse volumus.
We wish this republic to be safe.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	salvus	salva	salvum		salvī	salvae	salva
genitive	salvī	salvae	salvī		salvōrum	salvārum	salvōrum
dative	salvō	salvae	salvō		salvīs
accusative	salvum	salvam	salvum		salvōs	salvās	salva
ablative	salvō	salvā	salvō		salvīs
vocative	salve	salva	salvum		salvī	salvae	salva

Descendants

Catalan: salv
English: safe
French: sauf
Friulian: salf, salv

Italian: salvo
Romansh: salv, zalv
Sardinian: salvu, sarbu, sarvu
Spanish: salvo

References

salvus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “salvus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- without breaking the law: salvis legibus (vid. sect. X. 7, note Notice...)