Salacia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Sălācĭa, ae, f. [salum].

I The goddess of the sea , wife of Neptune , Varr. L. L. 5, § 72 Müll.; id. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 22; an old form of prayer in Gell. 13, 22, 22; Cic. Univ. 11; Fest. pp. 326 and 327 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 76; Verg. G. 1, 31; Ap. Met. 4, 31, 20 al.—*

II An appellation for the sea : saevitiam Salaciae fugimus, Pac. ap. Fest. 1. 1. (Trag. Rel. p. 112 Rib.).

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