Salutátio, ouis, f. g. Verbale. Ci. A salutation: a bidding good speed, good morrow, good euen.Salutanti mutuam salutationem reddere. Se. To salute him againe, that saluteth vs.Tempus consumere salutationibus.Cic.To spende time in saluting or greeting ech other.Inter exercitus salntatio facta. Liuius. The armies saluted ech other.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sălūtātĭo, ōnis, f. [saluto], a greeting. saluting, salutation (rare but good prose). I. In gen.: quis te aditu, quis ullo honore, quis denique communi salutatione dignum putet?Cic. Pis. 40, 96: salutationem facere, Liv. 1, 1 fin.: salutationem reddere, Tac. A. 4, 61: salutatione acceptā ac redditā, Macr. S. 1, 6: mutuā salutatione factā, Curt. 10, 8, 23.—Of performing devotions: uti praetereuntes possint respicere (aedificia deorum) et in conspectu salutationes facere, Vitr. 4, 5.—Rarely of a written greeting (in a lusus verbb. with salus), Cic. Brut. 3, 13; Vulg. 1 Cor. 16, 21; id. Col. 9, 18.—II. In partic., of ceremonial visits, a visit, a waiting upon: mane salutamus domi et bonos viros multos, etc.... Ubi salutatio defluxit, litteris me involvo, Cic. Fam. 9, 20, 3; 7, 28, 2; Sen. Brev. Vit. 14, 6 al.—After the time of the emperors, of paying respects, paying court to the emperor, Suet. Aug. 27; id. Claud. 37; id. Vit. 14; id. Vesp. 4 al.; in plur., id. Aug. 53; Gell. 4, 1, 1.