The corpus record — Latin

saliaris

saliaris · adj

belonging to the

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Where it lives

Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
Annales 1 · 0.11/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

1. Sălĭāris — Lewis & Short

Sălĭāris, e, adj.1. Salii.

I Of or belonging to the Salii (priests of Mars), Salian: Numae carmen, which Numa directed the Salii to chant, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86: sacra, Macr. S. 3, 12: saltus, Sen. Ep. 15, 4.—

II Transf., of banquets (because of the sumptuous feasts which were given at the Salian processions), splendid, sumptuous: quibus (Saliis) per omnes dies, ub cumque manent, quia amplae ponuntur cenae: si quae aliae magnae fiunt, Saliares appellantur, Fest. s. v. Salios, p. 326 Müll.: dapes, Hor. C. 1, 37, 2: epulae, App. M. 7, p. 192, 25: cenae, id. ib. 4, p. 152, 30; cf.: cum epulati essemus Saliarem in modum, Cic. Att. 5, 9, 1.

2. Sălĭāris — Lewis & Short

Sălĭāris, e, adj.2. salio:

I insulae, dancing islands, Plin. 2, 95, 96, § 209.

In the wild

Saliaribus Horace, Carmina 1.37
Saliarem Cicero, Letters to Atticus 5.9.1
Saliares Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.95
saliares Apuleius, Metamorphoses 7.10
Saliari Tacitus, Annales 2.p84
saliares Apuleius, Metamorphoses 9.22

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Where it came from

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