by Jankri June 3, 2008
Get the salve mug.1. Ointment used to help heal wounds or reduce how painful they are. By extension, anything used to soothe or aid in healing hurt feelings, social unrest, etc.
2. 'Salve' is the imperative (command) form of the Latin verb 'salveo' (infinitive: 'salvere').
'Salvere' means "to be well / healthy," so 'salve' literally means "Be well."
It was commonly used as a greeting and as a way of saying "goodbye" in the ancient Roman Empire. Later, in Latin-using parts of the Christian Church (continuing to the present in the Catholic Church), it has been used in exalting important figures, as in "Salve Regina" (Hail, Queen) addressed to Jesus's mother, Mary.
In ancient Latin, as used in the Roman Empire, it was pronounced "sahl-way." In "Church Latin" and sung Latin, derived from medieval Latin, it is pronounced "sahl-vay."
2. 'Salve' is the imperative (command) form of the Latin verb 'salveo' (infinitive: 'salvere').
'Salvere' means "to be well / healthy," so 'salve' literally means "Be well."
It was commonly used as a greeting and as a way of saying "goodbye" in the ancient Roman Empire. Later, in Latin-using parts of the Christian Church (continuing to the present in the Catholic Church), it has been used in exalting important figures, as in "Salve Regina" (Hail, Queen) addressed to Jesus's mother, Mary.
In ancient Latin, as used in the Roman Empire, it was pronounced "sahl-way." In "Church Latin" and sung Latin, derived from medieval Latin, it is pronounced "sahl-vay."
1. The Marshall Plan served as a powerful salve to European economies damaged in the second World War.
2. Salve puella annorum octoginta. Bene sit tibi cum tuo calvitio. (Greetings, eighty-year-old girl. May you be well with your little, bald head.)
-- Sample sentence illustrating the use of 'salve' from Erasmus, *Colloquies.*
2. Salve puella annorum octoginta. Bene sit tibi cum tuo calvitio. (Greetings, eighty-year-old girl. May you be well with your little, bald head.)
-- Sample sentence illustrating the use of 'salve' from Erasmus, *Colloquies.*
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Kind of a slave but without the abuse, they obey their masta and recieves rewards for it.. yes *that* reward too if they want.
ex 1:
Me: "Hey Kojou, become my salve and I'll teach you how to reach."
Kojou: "Understood, Masta."
ex 2:
Me: "Heads or Tails?"
Shark: "Tails."
Me: "Heads you become my salve, Tails I become your salve."
Shark: "..."
Me: "It landed on heads, now become my salve."
Shark: Understood, Masta.
Me: "Hey Kojou, become my salve and I'll teach you how to reach."
Kojou: "Understood, Masta."
ex 2:
Me: "Heads or Tails?"
Shark: "Tails."
Me: "Heads you become my salve, Tails I become your salve."
Shark: "..."
Me: "It landed on heads, now become my salve."
Shark: Understood, Masta.
by Yelquchira January 4, 2019
Get the Salve mug.1. Salve can be construed as any form of lotion, jelly or cream used as a soothing agent for treating rashes, burns, wounds, or other dermatological inflammations (hemorrhoids, etc).
2. Misspelling of "slave."
2. Misspelling of "slave."
In the Ren & Stimpy episode "To Salve or Not to Salve," a salesman tries to sell Stimpy a jar of salve on the grounds that it helps with dirty dishes and unmanageable hair, among other things (such as acting as a substitute for toilet paper).
Use of salve as a kitchen cleanser, hair sculpting solution, or substitute for toilet paper is not recommended and is a blatant misuse of the product.
Use of salve as a kitchen cleanser, hair sculpting solution, or substitute for toilet paper is not recommended and is a blatant misuse of the product.
by Siegfried Zaga May 22, 2005
Get the salve mug.by meirl November 24, 2018
Get the salve mug.Salve is how you greet one person (no plural) in Latin.
if you want you can use it instead of 'hello' outside latin class to be more sophisticated at the expense of sounding like an idiot
if you want you can use it instead of 'hello' outside latin class to be more sophisticated at the expense of sounding like an idiot
by latin_wiz March 4, 2023
Get the Salve mug.College in Newport, RI renowned as the home of the richest, preppiest kids in New England whose siblings went to Brown, Cornell, Harvard and the like, but who couldn't get in themselves. Students literally live in mansions, as Jazz Age private palaces have been converted into dorms. Hunt/Reefe freshman dorm is yards away from the Vanderbilt's "The Breakers" mansion.
Actually, a good percentage of the student population here DID have their choice of better schools like Northestern, Rutgers or Amherst, but chose SRU for the location and atmosphere. I know some students who turned down Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, and/or Harvard for Salve.
Well-known nursing program - it's not uncommon to shake shit-faced people awake after they've passed out at a party and have them start reciting very technical terms for the human anatomy.
Everybody goes clubbing in Providence on weekends.
Catholic, no sororities or frats, AND it's a dry campus. Merely necessitates new drinking games involving avoiding campus security.
Actually, a good percentage of the student population here DID have their choice of better schools like Northestern, Rutgers or Amherst, but chose SRU for the location and atmosphere. I know some students who turned down Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, and/or Harvard for Salve.
Well-known nursing program - it's not uncommon to shake shit-faced people awake after they've passed out at a party and have them start reciting very technical terms for the human anatomy.
Everybody goes clubbing in Providence on weekends.
Catholic, no sororities or frats, AND it's a dry campus. Merely necessitates new drinking games involving avoiding campus security.
Back @ Salve Regina University
-"That was a fine bunch of girls we met at that Rogers Williams party on Thursday"
-"Duuuuuuuude, I can't remember that at all!!!"
-"Yeah, they all went to Salve, bro! We went to Via Via afterwards and got in a fight with that guy outside, remember?"
-"Naw, man...still nothing. Maybe I'll remember next weekend. Just tell me if I hooked up with any of 'em if you seem 'em around O'Hare"
-"That was a fine bunch of girls we met at that Rogers Williams party on Thursday"
-"Duuuuuuuude, I can't remember that at all!!!"
-"Yeah, they all went to Salve, bro! We went to Via Via afterwards and got in a fight with that guy outside, remember?"
-"Naw, man...still nothing. Maybe I'll remember next weekend. Just tell me if I hooked up with any of 'em if you seem 'em around O'Hare"
by WTF is a Seahawk? December 25, 2007
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