The corpus record — Latin

salutatio

salutatio · f

a greeting. saluting

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Where it lives

Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
De Constantia 2 · 3.78/10k
Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
De Paenitentia 1 · 2.45/10k
Timaeus 1 · 2.37/10k
Maximini Duo 1 · 1.84/10k
De Virginibus Velandis 1 · 1.79/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Tyranni Triginta 1 · 1.52/10k
Divus Augustus 2 · 1.49/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k

Densest 12 of 38 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

sălūtātĭo — Lewis & Short

sălūtātĭo, ōnis, f.saluto,

I a greeting. saluting, salutation (rare but good prose).

I In gen.: quis te aditu, quis ullo honore, quis denique communi salutatione dignum putet? Cic. Pis. 40, 96: salutationem facere, Liv. 1, 1 fin.: salutationem reddere, Tac. A. 4, 61: salutatione acceptā ac redditā, Macr. S. 1, 6: mutuā salutatione factā, Curt. 10, 8, 23.—Of performing devotions: uti praetereuntes possint respicere (aedificia deorum) et in conspectu salutationes facere, Vitr. 4, 5.—Rarely of a written greeting (in a lusus verbb. with salus), Cic. Brut. 3, 13; Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 21; id. Col. 9, 18.—

II In partic., of ceremonial visits, a visit, a waiting upon: mane salutamus domi et bonos viros multos, etc. ... Ubi salutatio defluxit, litteris me involvo, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 3; 7, 28, 2; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 6 al.—After the time of the emperors, of paying respects, paying court to the emperor, Suet. Aug. 27; id. Claud. 37; id. Vit. 14; id. Vesp. 4 al.; in plur., id. Aug. 53; Gell. 4, 1, 1.

In the wild

salutationem Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 53.2
salutationem Pseudo-Caesar, De Bello Africo 85
salutatione Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 7.2.24
salutationem Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 1 p5
salutationibus Historia Augusta, Maximini Duo 28
salutatione Tacitus, Annales 4.p60

6 of 56 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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