salsicius
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From salsus (“salted”) + -īcius. Attested from the second century CE in the expression farta salsīcia, referring to a type of sausage.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /salˈsiː.ki.us/, [s̠äɫ̪ˈs̠iːkiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /salˈsi.t͡ʃi.us/, [sälˈsiːt͡ʃius]
Adjective
[edit]salsīcius (feminine salsīcia, neuter salsīcium); first/second-declension adjective
- prepared with salt
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | salsīcius | salsīcia | salsīcium | salsīciī | salsīciae | salsīcia | |
genitive | salsīciī | salsīciae | salsīciī | salsīciōrum | salsīciārum | salsīciōrum | |
dative | salsīciō | salsīciae | salsīciō | salsīciīs | |||
accusative | salsīcium | salsīciam | salsīcium | salsīciōs | salsīciās | salsīcia | |
ablative | salsīciō | salsīciā | salsīciō | salsīciīs | |||
vocative | salsīcie | salsīcia | salsīcium | salsīciī | salsīciae | salsīcia |
Descendants
[edit]Most via the form salsīcia, likely reflecting a shortening of the aforementioned phrase farta salsīcia.
References
[edit]- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 999: “la salsiccia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “salsīcius”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 107