A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Sal, gen. sg. salis (s.m. or n. III), abl.sg. sale, nom. & acc. pl. sales: salt, q.v.; see hal-, hali-, halo-: in Gk. comp., ‘salt;’ see salt;


    sing.                            plural
Nom. sal                           sales
Gen. salis                         salium
Dat. sali                           salibus
Acc. (m.) salem; (neut.) sal   sales
Abl.  sale                          salibus

NOTE: ‘sal’ as a neuter noun is only found occasionally; note also that the nom. and acc. plural are always 'sales' irrespective of the gender.

NOTE: the neuter: ‘sal volatile:’ ammonium carbonate, in English, baker’s ammonia, hartshorn salt; used in solution may restore a person who has fainted or is about to.

- salem omnes noverunt (“Galen” in Everett), all recognize [i.e. are familiar with] salt.

- veteranarii pulvere utuntur cum sale ad pecorum tussim & asthma (Dill.), veterianarians use the powder with salt with regard to the cough of cattle and asthma.

- immo, ni sal marinus eluatur, commode servari nequeunt hæ species, quæ alias aqua dulci maceratæ virorem diutissime servant (Dill.), even more, unless the sea-salt is rinsed out, these species are impossible to preserve properly, while others soaked in fresh water, keep their green color for a very long time.

- sal marinum cum terra tanta quantitate mixtum ut fontes aquarum dulcium longe infrequentiores quam salsi, et nitraria naturalia non desunt etiam abundantissima (Desf.), sea salt is mixed in quantity with so much earth that (ground) springs of fresh water are far less frequent that salty ones, and [places for digging] native nitron [i.e. natron] are not lacking, they are even very abundant.

- [taste] salsus sapor linguam non admodum calfacit, sed acriter siccando corradit. Hic imprimis elucet in sale communi (Ray), ‘salty’ taste does not quite heat the tongue, but strongly irritates [it] by dessicating. This especially shows itself in common salt.

Salicornia L., “name composed of sal, salt, and cornu, a horn; saline plants with horn-like branches” (Fernald 1950); “from the hornlike branches of these salt-marsh herbs. Chenopodiaceae” (Stearn 1996); salicornioides (adj.A), ‘resembling Salicornia” (Stearn 1996); see Salsola,-ae (s.f.I) L.