salve
noun
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L25400 on Wikidata ↗verb
- to make salvage of
- sooth
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /sɑːv/ / /sælv/ / /sæ(l)v/
intj
Etymology: From Latin salvē. The verb is from the interjection.
- Hail; a greeting.
noun
Etymology: From Middle English salve, from Old English sealf, from Proto-West Germanic *salbu, from Proto-Germanic *salbō, from Proto-Indo-European *solp-éh₂, from *selp- (“salve, ointment”). Cognates Cognate with Middle Low German salve (Danish salve, Dutch zalf), Old High German salba (German Salbe), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉𐌽𐍃 (salbōns), Albanian gjalpë (“butter”), Sanskrit सर्पिस् (sarpís), Ancient Greek ἔλπος (élpos).
- An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
- Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
“Your forgiveness was a salve to my conscience and a balm to my wounded ego.”
“[Title:] Tame March PCE inflation no salve after downbeat Q1 US GDP report”
verb
Etymology: From Latin salvē. The verb is from the interjection.
- To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.
“By this that ſtraunger knight in preſence came, / And goodly ſalued them; who nought againe / Him anſwered, as courteſie became, / But with ſterne lookes, and ſtomachous diſdaine, / Gaue ſignes of grudge and diſcontentment vaine: […]”