# Salacia
## Translingual
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Salacia f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Celastraceae – certain climbing plants of the tropics.
* A taxonomic genus within the family Sertulariidae – certain cnidarians.
* A taxonomic genus within the class Bacillariophyceae – a certain poorly known chromist.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus in Celastraceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Celastrales - order; Celastraceae - family
* (genus in Sertulariidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Cnidaria - phylum; Medusozoa - subphylum; Hydrozoa - class; Hydroidolina - subclass; Leptothecata - order; Sertulariidae - family
* (genus in Bacillariophyceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Heterokonta - superphylum; Ochrophyta - phylum; Bacillariophyceae - class

#### Hyponyms

* (genus in Celastraceae): Salacia chinensis - type species

#### Derived terms

* Pseudosalacia
* Salacicratea
* Salacighia
* Salaciopsis
* Pseudosalacia
* Thyrsosalacia

### References

* Salacia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Salacia (Celastraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Salacia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Salacia at USDA Plants database
* Salacia at Tropicos
* Salacia at Plants of the World Online
* Salacia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Salacia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Salacia at Germplasm Resources Information Network

#### in Sertulariidae

* Sertulariidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Salacia (Lamouroux) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Sertulariidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Salacia at World Register of Marine Species
* Salacia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Salacia at National Center for Biotechnology Information

#### in Bacillariophyceae

* Salacia (Pantocsek) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Salacia at World Register of Marine Species

## English
### Proper noun

Salacia
* (Roman mythology) The goddess of saltwater and the deep.
* A Kuiper belt object and planetoid, possibly a dwarf planet. Its moon is Actaea.

### Further reading

* Salacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* 120347 Salacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* aclasia

## Latin
### Etymology

From salum (“sea”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /saˈlaː.ki.a/, [s̠äˈɫ̪äːkiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /saˈla.t͡ʃi.a/, [säˈläːt͡ʃiä]

### Proper noun

Salācia f sg (genitive Salāciae); first declension
* (Roman mythology) the goddess of the sea, wife of Neptune
* a town of the Turdetani in Lusitania; modern Alcácer do Sal

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
| Nominative | Salācia |
| Genitive | Salāciae |
| Dative | Salāciae |
| Accusative | Salāciam |
| Ablative | Salāciā |
| Vocative | Salācia |
| Locative | Salāciae |

#### Descendants

* Translingual: Salacia

### References

* “Salacia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Salacia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “Salacia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly