Salii

[ sal-ee-ahy ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. (in ancient Rome) a college of priests of Mars and Quirinus who guarded the ancilia and led the festivities in their honor.

Example Sentences

The Salii celebrated Mars at seed-time—in the month which bears his name, mensis Martius.

From Project Gutenberg

Tullus, in this perilous juncture, vowed twelve Salii, and temples to Paleness and Panic.

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It was properly applied to the olive-twig bound round with wool, which was stuck in the cap worn by the flamines and salii.

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They were conterminous with the Salii—Ὑπεδεξάμην μὲν μοῖραν τοῦ Σαλίων ἔθνους, Χαμάβους δὲ ἐξήλασα.

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The word Salii was consistently printed as Sal; it has been corrected for the e-text.

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