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Sălācĭa, ae, f. [salum].

The goddess of the sea, wife of Neptune, Varr. L. L. 5, § 72 Müll.; id. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 7, 22; an old form of prayer in Gell. 13, 22, 22; Cic. Univ. 11; Fest. pp. 326 and 327 Müll.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 76; Verg. G. 1, 31; Ap. Met. 4, 31, 20 al.—*
II An appellation for the sea: saevitiam Salaciae fugimus, Pac. ap. Fest. 1. 1. (Trag. Rel. p. 112 Rib.).

1. Salācia, ae, f. (v. salum u. cieo), eine Meergöttin, die griechische Tethys, Gemahlin des Oceanus, Varro LL. 5, 72. Cic. Tim. 39. Vgl. Serv. Verg. georg. 1, 31; Aen. 10, 76. – appellat. (poet.) = Meer, Pacuv. tr. 418.

2. Salācia, ae, f., ein Munizipium der Turdetaner in Lusitanien, j. Alacer do Sal, Plin. 8, 191. Itin. Anton. 418, 6. – Dav. Salāciēnsis, e, salaciensisch, von od. aus Salacia, municipium, Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 32: v. Pers., Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 518.

1 Salacia [CL], name of sea-goddess, (also meton.) the sea. b v. quot.. Thetis cur tumidas Zephiro minitante salivas / expetii? frustra me saeva Salatia pressit, / cosmica si spreto repetam contagia Christo Frith. 125; Salacia [vv. ll. Salaria, Salamacia], dea maris [v. l. adds: que etiam Thetis dicitur] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 558 (cf. ib. 526: hec Salaria, -e, dea maris); Salacia [vv. ll. Salaria, Salicia, Salana], dea maris, que et Tetis Ib. 566 (cf. ib. 526: hec Salaria, -e, dea maris). b venilia est ‥ unda que ad litus venit, salacia que ad mare redit Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 604 (= Varro Gram. 141, Aug. Civ. Dei VII 22).

1 Sălācĭa, æ, f. , Salacie, déesse de la mer : Varro L. 5, 72 ; Cic. Tim. 35 || la mer : Pacuv. 418.

2 Sălācĭa, æ, f. , ville de Lusitanie : Plin. 8, 191 || -ĭēnsis, e, de Salacia : Inscr.

. Vide Salatia.

SALACIA

1.

（Σαλακεία,Ptol. 2.5.3), a municipal town of Lusitania, in the territory of the Turdetani, to the NW. of Pax Julia and to the SW. of Ebora. It appears from inscriptions to have had the surname of Urbs Imperatoria. (Gruter, p. 13. 16; Mionnet, 1. p. 4; Sestini, p. 16.) Salacia was celebrated for its manufacture of fine woollen cloths. (Plin. Nat. 8.48. s. 73; Strab. 3. p. 144, with the note of Groskurd.) Now Alaçer do Sal. (Florez, Esp. Sagr. 13. p. 115, 14. p. 241; comp. Mela, 3.1; It. Ant. pp. 417, 418, and 422.)

2.

A town of the Callaici Bracarii in the NW. of Hispania Tarraconensis. ( Itin. Ant. p. 422.) Identified either with Salamondeor Pombeiro. [T.H.D]

Salacia

A Roman goddess of the salt water. She was identified with the Greek Amphitrité, and regarded as the wife of Neptune. See Neptunus; Poseidon.

Salacia

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