SALVETIS, salvetis
Sounds Like: sahl-WEH-tiss
Translations: hello, greetings, farewell, be well, be healthy
From the root: SALVEO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: SALVETIS is a Latin verb form, typically used as a greeting or a farewell. It means 'be well' or 'be healthy' and is addressed to multiple people. It functions similarly to saying 'hello everyone' or 'farewell everyone' in English. It can be either a present active indicative or imperative.
Inflection: Second Person, Plural, Present Tense, Active Voice, Indicative or Imperative Mood
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, SALVEO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- SALVEO — be well, be in good health, fare well, hail, greetings
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