The corpus record — Latin

salsugo

salsugo · f

saltness

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Where it lives

Ad Nationes 1 · 0.67/10k
De Architectura 3 · 0.52/10k
Naturalis Historia 9 · 0.23/10k

What it meant

salsūgo — Lewis & Short

salsūgo (collat. form salsĭlāgo, ĭnis, f.salsus,

Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 92; 18, 12, 32, § 124),

I saltness, brackishness, Vitr. 1, 4; Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176; 19, 5, 26, § 84 al.: terra salsuginis, i. e. a desert, Vulg. Job, 39, 6; id. Jer. 17, 6.—

II Transf., salt-water, brine, Plin. 19, 5, 26, § 85; 31, 7, 42, § 92.

In the wild

salsugo Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.15.p3
salsuginis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.6.p11
salsugine Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.9
salsuginem Vitruvius, De Architectura 7.13.3
salsugine Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.4.2
salsugine Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.7.2

6 of 13 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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