salsus

Perfect passive participle of sallō (“to salt”), from earlier *saldō. The phonetic development is *sald-tos > *salssos.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.sus/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪s̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.sus/, [ˈsälsus]

salsus (feminine salsa, neuter salsum, adverb salsē); first/second-declension adjective

1. salty, briny
2. (figuratively) sharp, witty

salsus (feminine salsa, neuter salsum); first/second-declension participle

1. perfect participle of sallō (“to salt”): salted (seasoned with or preserved in salt)

First/second-declension adjective.

• salsa
• salsicia, salsucia
• salsūgō
• īnsulsus

• Asturian: salsa (“saline water”)
• Catalan: salsa
• French: sauce (see there for further descendants)
• Galician: salsa
• Italian: salso; salsa
• Occitan: salsa
• Portuguese: salsa (“parsley”)
• Sicilian: sarsa, sassa, sausa
• Spanish: salso; salsa (see there for further descendants)

• “salsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “salsus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• salsus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “salsus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly