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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- sălīva, ae, f. [kindr. with si/alon], spittle, saliva (in gen., while sputum is that already spit out; equally used in sing. and plur.). I. Lit., sing., Cat. 23, 16; 78, 8; 99, 10; Juv. 6, 623; Sen. Ira, 3, 38, 2; Plin. 27, 6, 24, 41; 28, 12, 53, 193:
in manum ingerere
, id. 28, 4, 7, 37 al.—Plur., Lucr. 4, 638; 4, 1108; Col. 6, 9, 3: unā salivā
, without interruption
, Hier. ad Pam. 61, 4.— B. Transf., a spittle-like moisture, slime: cochlearum
, slime
, Plin. 30, 15, 47, 136; cf. ostrearum, id, 32, 6, 21, 60: purpurarum
, id. 9, 36, 60, 128: lacrimationum
, id. 11, 37, 54, 147: siderum (honey-dew), id. 11, 12, 12, 30.—II. Trop., taste, flavor; longing, appetite (poet., and in post-Aug. prose): Methymnaei Graia saliva meri
, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 38; cf.: suo cuique vino saliva
, Plin. 23, 1, 22, 40: mercurialis
, for gain
, Pers. 5, 112: turdarum
, id. 6, 24: Aetna tibi salivam movet
, makes your mouth water
, Sen. Ep. 79, 7: quicquid (sc. vinum) ad salivam facit
, Petr. 48, 2.
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