saluber

Latin

Alternative forms

• salūbris

Etymology

From salūs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [saˈɫuː.bɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [saˈluː.ber]

Adjective

salūber or salūbris (feminine salūbris, neuter salūbre, superlative salūberrimus, adverb salūbriter); third-declension three-termination adjective or third-declension two-termination adjective

1. healthy, salubrious

   Synonyms: sānus, salvus, validus, integer, intāctus, sospes, incolumis, sollus

   Antonyms: aeger, miser, affectus, fessus, īnfirmus, languidus

2. salutary, beneficial

   Synonyms: opportūnus, commodus, habilis, idōneus, conveniēns, ūtilis, ūtēnsilis, aptus

   Antonyms: incommodus, inūtilis, ineptus, grātuītus

3. wholesome

Declension

Third-declension three-termination adjective or third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	salūber salūbris	salūbris	salūbre		salūbrēs		salūbria
genitive	salūbris				salūbrium
dative	salūbrī				salūbribus
accusative	salūbrem		salūbre		salūbrīs salūbrēs		salūbria
ablative	salūbrī				salūbribus
vocative	salūber salūbris	salūbris	salūbre		salūbrēs		salūbria

Derived terms

• īnsalūbris

Descendants

Borrowings:

• Catalan: salubre
• English: salubrious
• French: salubre
• Galician: salubre
• Italian: salubre
• Portuguese: salubre
• Romanian: salubru
• Spanish: salubre

References

• “saluber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “saluber”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.