salute (v.) Copy link Outline I. To greetII. To designate by a formal title1. sălūto, 12. appello, 1III. To show respect by gesture, firing of guns, etc.IV. To kiss • salute (v.): I. To greet: sălūto, 1: v. to greet. Comps. (1) consălūto, 1 (to s. mutually, or in a body): Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13 (inter se amicissime c.). (2) persălūto, 1 (to s. all round): id. Fl. 18, 42. (3) rĕsălūto, 1 (to s. in return): id. Ph. 2, 41, 106. In letters expr. by salutem dicere, salutem dicere multam (plurimam): v. greeting. II. To designate by a formal title: 1. sălūto, 1: his own people s.d him as Caesar. quem sui Caesarem salutabant, Cic. Att. 14, 12: Caes. (N.B.--In this sense esp. consaluto, 1, to s. by acclamation: Liv. 1, 7, init., utrumque regem sua multitudo consalutavit: Cic.) 2. appello, 1: Virg. Aen. 5, 540 (victorem appellat Acestem): Caes. B. G. 7, 4, med. III. To show respect by gesture, firing of guns, etc.: use consaluto, with some such defining phr. as militari more, nautico more, etc. IV. To kiss: phr. aliquem osculo impertire, Suet. Ner. 37: v. to kiss.