salubritas

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

sălūbrĭtas, ātis, f. [salubris].

I Healthfulness , wholesomeness , salubrity (class.): hostiarum exta, quorum ex habitu atque ex colore tum salubritatis, tum pestilentiae signa percipi, Cic. Div. 1, 57, 131: amoenitatem hanc (sc. hujus loci) et salubritatem sequor, id. Leg. 2, 1, 3; so of places, id. Agr. 2, 35, 95; Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 3 sq.; Suet. Tib. 11; Auct. B. G. 8, 52; cf.: aquarum, Liv. 42, 54 fin. ; Tac. A. 12, 66; Plin. 5, 16, 15, § 72: nemorum, id. 37, 10, 77, § 201: caeli, Col. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 37, 12, 77, § 201; Plin. Ep. 8, 1, 3: vinorum, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 64 et saep.: salubritatis indicium, id. 31, 3, 22, 36 init. —In plur.: de salubritatibus in moenium collocationibus, Vitr. 5, 3, 1.—

B Transf.: a vobis (jurisconsultis) salubritas quaedam, ab iis qui dicunt, salus ipsa petitur, healthfulness , . . . health (a means of safety ... safety itself), Cic. Mur. 13, 29: salubritas et quasi sanitas Atticae dictionis, the healthy vigor and soundness , as it were , of Attic speech , id. Brut. 13, 51 (cf. id. Or. 26, 90).—

II (Acc. to salubris, II.) Health , soundness , vigor (not ante-Aug.): quae ad requiem animi aut salubritatem corporum parentur, Tac. A. 2, 33: veterem illam formam salubritati magis conduxisse, id. ib. 15, 43: sensim toto corpore salubritas percipi potuit, Curt. 3, 6, 16: haec remedia salubritatem faciunt, Col. 6, 4, 2.— In plur.: Socrates dicitur salubritates corporis retinuisse, Gell. 2, 1, 5: dicunt morbos salubritatesque circumire, Censor. 18, 7.

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