Salutaris, see [Salus].
Salve, see [Ave].
[Salvus]; Sospes; Incolumis; Integer. Salvus and sospes denote, like σῶς, being safe and sound, in opp. to being killed; salvus is the customary, sospes a select expression; whereas incolumis and integer, like ἀσκηθής, denote being unhurt and untouched; incolumis (from calvere, calamitas, κολούω), in opp. to being wounded, etc.; integer (from tangere) in opp. to being attacked. Tac. Hist. i. 84. Mea cum vestra salus incolumitate senatus firmatur; that is, our safety is assured by the senate not having had a hair touched. And, i. 66. Verba Fabii salutem incolumitatemque Viennensium commendantis; salus refers to being killed, incolumitas to being plundered: comp. with Cic. Orat. iii. 45, 178. Dejot. 15. Sunt tuæ clementiæ monumenta . . . eorum incolumitates quibus salutem dedisti. (iii. 306.)
Sanare, see [Mederi].
Sanctus, see [Sacer] and [Bonus].
[Sanguis]; Cruor; Sanguineus; Sanguinolentus; Cruentus. 1. Sanguis denotes the blood circulating in the body, living and supporting life, like αἷμα; cruor (κρύος) the blood gushing from the body, like βρότος. Cic. N. D. ii. 55. Sanguis per venas in omne corpus diffunditur: comp. with Rosc. Am. 7, 19. Ut cruorem inimici quam recentissimum ostenderet. Tac. Ann. xii. 46. Mox ubi sanguis artus extremos suffuderit, levi ictu cruorem eliciunt atque invicem lambunt. Sanguis is the condition of physical life; cruor, the symbol of death by slaughter. 2. Sanguineus means, consisting of blood, sanguinolentus, smelling after blood, or blood-thirsty; cruentus, red with blood. (iv. 258.)
[Sanies]; Pus. Sanies (from σίσανον) denotes running, consequently, offensive matter; pus (from πύθω), corroding, consequently, pernicious matter. Cels. v. 26, 20. (vi. 316.)
Sanitas, Sanus, see [Salus].
[Sapiens]; Prudens; Callidus; Scitus; Solers; Cordatus; Catus. 1. Sapiens (from σήπω) is the person who chooses right objects, from ennobling views, and pursues them with quietness of mind; prudens and callidus denote the person who chooses right means, and regulates them with circumspection; prudentia is a natural judiciousness, pervading a man’s whole nature: calliditas, an acquired knowledge of the world and of men, gained by experience and practice. Cic. Fr. Scaur. 5. Hominis prudentis natura, callidi usu, doctrina eruditi. 2. Prudens is the person who has accurate practical views, in opp. to stultus; scitus, who has tact, mother-wit, and the faculty of combination; solers, who possesses practical genius and inventive power; cordatus, who has his head in the right place, in opp. to excors; catus, who discovers and knows secret means and ways. (v. 114.)
[Sapor]; Gustus; Gustare; Libare. 1. Sapor denotes objectively the flavor which a thing has, or gives out, in opp. to odor, etc.; gustus or gustatus (γεῦσαι) denotes, subjectively, the sensation occasioned by this flavor, or the sense of taste, in opp. to olfactus, etc. Sen. Ep. 109. Debet esse optatus ad hujus modi gustum, ut ille tali sapore capiatur. 2. The libans puts only a small portion of any thing to, or into, his mouth; whereas the gustans has the sense of the effect of what he tastes, and is conscious of its flavor. Ovid, Amor. i. 4, 34. Si tibi forte dabit, quæ prægustaverit ipse, rejice libatos illius ore dapes. (iii. 125.)