The corpus record — Latin

Salacia

name of a sea-goddess

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Where it lives

Timaeus 1 · 2.37/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

1. Salacia — de Vaan

Salacia 'name of a sea-goddess' (Pac>). Pit, *sals, *salos 'salt', *sald-e/o- 'to salt', *salsso- 'salted'. It. cognates: U. Salu [acc.sg.] 'salt'. For a possible indirect attestation of Ο. *^α/-, see s.v.purus. PIE *seh2-l-s [nom.], *sh2-el-m [ace], *sh2-l-os 'salt5; *sh2l-d- (or *sh2el-d- or *seh2l-d-) 'salt*. IE cognates: plr. salami 'salt' [n.], W. halen; Gr. δλς 'salt1 [mj; Latv. sals 'salt' [f.], Lith. Zem. … — [de Vaan, s.v. Salacia, p. 549]

2. Sălācĭa — Lewis & Short

Sălācĭa, ae, f.salum.

I The goddess of the sea, wife of Neptune, Varr. L. L. 5, § 72 Müll.; id. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 22; an old form of prayer in Gell. 13, 22, 22; Cic. Univ. 11; Fest. pp. 326 and 327 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 76; Verg. G. 1, 31; App. M. 4, p. 157, 1 al.—*

II An appellation for the sea: saevitiam Salaciae fugimus, Pac. ap. Fest. 1. 1. (Trag. Rel. p. 112 Rib.).

In the wild

Salacia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.22.p1
Salacia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 8.48.p1
Salaciamque Cicero, Timaeus 39
Salacia Apuleius, Apologia 31
Salaciam Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.23.2
Salacia Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.22.p2

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. Salacia (scan p. 549; entry #1531). Root candidates: *salsso-, *sh2el-, *saldto-.

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