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noun
The 12 priests of Mars Gradivus in Ancient Rome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, plural, plural-only
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of Salians, the Salian people, especially in ancient Roman contexts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, historical, plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: Salians
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History
From Latin Salii (“the Leapers, the Jumpers”), from salīre (“to leap, to jump”).
From Latin Salii (“the Salians”), from Sala (“the IJssel River”) + -ius (adjective-forming suffix), variant of Isala, from Proto-Germanic *Īsalō, from Proto-Indo-European *h1eysh2- (“to rush, to move quickly”).
