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Salii.

Salii, the priests of Mars Gradivus in Rome

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

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name[ˈsa.lɪj]Classical-Latin[ˈsaː.lij]
  1. Salii, the priests of Mars Gradivus in Rome

    declension-2 · historical
Where this word comes from

From salīre (“to leap, to jump”) + -īus (“-y: forming adjectives”).

name[ˈsa.lɪj]Classical-Latin[ˈsaː.lij]
  1. Salii, Salians, people living near the river Ijssel in antiquity

    declension-2 · historical
Where this word comes from

From Sala (“the Ijssel River”) + -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”), variant of Isala, from Proto-Germanic *Īsalō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to rush, to move quickly”).

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