salutation Copy link Outline 1. sălūtātio2. more freq. expr. by sălus, ūtis, f. ("health;" the word used in salutations) • salutation: 1. sălūtātio: to pay or offer s., s. facere, Liv. 1, 1, ad fin. (inter exercitus s. factam). Comps. consalutatio, Cic. Att. 2, 18; persalutatio (assiduous s., s. of all), id. Mil. 21, 44: resalutatio (return of s.), Suet. Ner. 37. 2. more freq. expr. by sălus, ūtis, f. ("health;" the word used in salutations): esp. in phr., salutem dicere, s. dicere plurimam, multam, Cic. Ep. pass.: also absol. = a greeting, Pl. Trin. 5, 2, 29 (non ego sum salutis dignus? not worthy of a salutation?). See also greet, greeting.