salutatio

Latin

Etymology

From salūtō (“greet, wish health to”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sa.luːˈtaː.ti.oː/, [s̠äɫ̪uːˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.luˈtat.t͡si.o/, [säluˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

salūtātiō f (genitive salūtātiōnis); third declension

1. a greeting, salutation
2. a ceremonial visit by a client to his patron

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	salūtātiō	salūtātiōnēs
genitive	salūtātiōnis	salūtātiōnum
dative	salūtātiōnī	salūtātiōnibus
accusative	salūtātiōnem	salūtātiōnēs
ablative	salūtātiōne	salūtātiōnibus
vocative	salūtātiō	salūtātiōnēs

Related terms

• salūtābundus
• salūtātor
• salūtātōrium
• salūtātōrius
• salūtātrix
• salūtigerulus
• salūtō

 

Descendants

Descendants

• English: salutation
• French: salutation
• Italian: salutazione
• Portuguese: saudação
• Romanian: salutație
• Spanish: salutación, saludación

References

• “salutatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “salutatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• salutatio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• salutatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “salutatio”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “salutatio”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin