salvo

See also: Salvo, salvó, and salvò

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin salvo, ablative of salvus, the past participle of salvāre (“to save, to reserve”), either from salvo jure (“the right being reserved”), or from salvo errore et omissone (“reserving error and omission”).

Noun

salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)

  1. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
    • Eikon Basilike
      They admit many salvos, cautions, and reservations.
Derived terms
  • A salvo clause in legal documents or audit reports details reservations or limitations.
Translations

Etymology 2

A 1719 alteration of salva (“simultaneous discharge of guns”) (1591) from Latin salva (“salute, volley”) (compare French salve, also from Italian), from Latin salve (“hail”), the usual Roman greeting, imperative of salvere (“to be in good health”).

Noun

salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)

  1. (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
  2. By extension, any volley, as in an argument or debate.
    • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎:
      It was an impressive opening salvo from the Baggies, especially for a side that have made a poor beginning to what has been an admittedly tough start to their campaign.
  3. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
Translations

Verb

salvo (third-person singular simple present salvos, present participle salvoing, simple past and past participle salvoed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.

See also

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

salvo

  1. first-person singular present indicative form of salvar

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle French salve, from Italian salva, from Latin salvē (greeting).

Pronunciation

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Noun

salvo n (plural salvo's, diminutive salvootje n)

  1. salvo, series of shots
  2. salvo, reservation

Galician

Adjective

salvo m (feminine singular salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

  1. safe

Derived terms

  • san e salvo

Preposition

salvo

  1. except
    Synonym: agás

Ido

Noun

salvo (plural salvi)

  1. rescue
    Synonym: salvado
  2. salvation
    Synonym: salveso

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin salvus.[1] Cognate to French sauf.

Adjective

salvo (feminine singular salva, masculine plural salvi, feminine plural salve)

  1. safe, out of danger, saved, secure from
    Synonyms: salvato, fuori pericolo, al sicuro da
  2. safe, whole, intact, undamaged
    Synonyms: intatto, indenne, non danneggiato

Noun

salvo m (plural salvi)

  1. (preceded by in) safe, in a safe place, to safety

Preposition

salvo

  1. except, but, save
    Synonyms: eccetto, tranne, eccetto, ad eccezione di, fatto salvo

Conjunction

salvo che

  1. except that; save that, unless, if... not
    Synonym: a meno che non

Verb

salvo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of salvare

References

  1. ↑ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From salvus (“safe”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsal.woː/, [ˈsaɫ.woː]

Verb

salvō (present infinitive salvāre, perfect active salvāvī, supine salvātum); first conjugation

  1. (Late Latin) I save (make safe or healthy)
    • Augustinus
      Non enim amat Deus damnare sed salvare.
      For God loves not to condemn but to save.

Usage notes

This term is not found in Classical Latin, which uses servo instead.

Inflection

   Conjugation of salvo (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present salvō salvās salvat salvāmus salvātis salvant
imperfect salvābam salvābās salvābat salvābāmus salvābātis salvābant
future salvābō salvābis salvābit salvābimus salvābitis salvābunt
perfect salvāvī salvāvistī salvāvit salvāvimus salvāvistis salvāvērunt, salvāvēre
pluperfect salvāveram salvāverās salvāverat salvāverāmus salvāverātis salvāverant
future perfect salvāverō salvāveris salvāverit salvāverimus salvāveritis salvāverint
passive present salvor salvāris, salvāre salvātur salvāmur salvāminī salvantur
imperfect salvābar salvābāris, salvābāre salvābātur salvābāmur salvābāminī salvābantur
future salvābor salvāberis, salvābere salvābitur salvābimur salvābiminī salvābuntur
perfect salvātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect salvātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect salvātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present salvem salvēs salvet salvēmus salvētis salvent
imperfect salvārem salvārēs salvāret salvārēmus salvārētis salvārent
perfect salvāverim salvāverīs salvāverit salvāverīmus salvāverītis salvāverint
pluperfect salvāvissem salvāvissēs salvāvisset salvāvissēmus salvāvissētis salvāvissent
passive present salver salvēris, salvēre salvētur salvēmur salvēminī salventur
imperfect salvārer salvārēris, salvārēre salvārētur salvārēmur salvārēminī salvārentur
perfect salvātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect salvātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — salvā — — salvāte —
future — salvātō salvātō — salvātōte salvantō
passive present — salvāre — — salvāminī —
future — salvātor salvātor — — salvantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives salvāre salvāvisse salvātūrus esse salvārī salvātus esse salvātum īrī
participles salvāns — salvātūrus — salvātus salvandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
salvāre salvandī salvandō salvandum salvātum salvātū

Descendants

References

  • salvo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • salvo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • salvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • without violating, neglecting one's duty: salvo officio (Off. 3. 1. 4)
    • to greet a person: aliquem salvere iubere (Att. 4. 14)
  • save in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -awvu

Adjective

salvo m (feminine singular salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas, comparable)

  1. safe

Verb

salvo

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of salvar

Spanish

Adjective

salvo (feminine singular salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

  1. safe

Adverb

salvo

  1. except, apart from; cf. prepositional use of English cognate save

Verb

salvo

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of salvar.

References

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