saluber

Latin

Alternative forms

• salūbris

Etymology

From salūs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /saˈluː.ber/, [s̠äˈɫ̪uːbɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈlu.ber/, [säˈluːber]

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, 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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	salūber salūbris	salūbris	salūbre		salūbrēs		salūbria
Genitive	salūbris				salūbrium
Dative	salūbrī				salūbribus
Accusative	salūbrem		salūbre		salūbrēs salūbrīs		salūbria
Ablative	salūbrī				salūbribus
Vocative	salūber salūbris	salūbris	salūbre		salūbrēs		salūbria

Derived terms

• īnsalūbris

Descendants

• 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.