Meaning of salūs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. safety; security
   declension-3
2. health, well-being, welfare
   declension-3
3. salvation, deliverance
   declension-3
4. greeting, salutation
   declension-3

Equivalents

Examples

“Salus populi suprema lex esto”

let the welfare of the people be the supreme law

“Caesar, quod neque conloquium interposita causa tolli volebat neque salutem suam Gallorum equitatui committere audebat, commodissimum esse statuit omnibus equis Gallis equitibus detractis eo legionarios milites legionis X., cui quam maxime confidebat, imponere, ut praesidium quam amicissimum, si quid opus facto esset, haberet.”

Caesar, as he didn't want either the interview to be for any reason set aside or confide his wellbeing in the hands of the Gallic cavalry, said he saw as most fit the Gallic horsemen be stripped off their steeds and in their place mount legionaries of the 10th legion, in which he had the utmost faith, that he might have as trusted a body-guard as one could have if the occasion ever urged its use.

“Ūna salūs victīs: nūllam spērāre salūtem.”

The only salvation for the conquered: for no one to hope for salvation. (In other words, a sense of impending doom can impel bold actions, which in turn could unexpectedly alter the presumed outcome.)

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