Salii

• IPA^(key): /ˈseɪli.iː/, /ˈseɪlijiː/, /ˈsæli.iː/, /ˈsælijiː/

From Latin Salii (“the Leapers, the Jumpers”), from salīre (“to leap, to jump”).

Salii pl (plural only)

1. (historical) The 12 priests of Mars Gradivus in Ancient Rome.

• Salii Palatini, Salii Collini

From Latin Salii (“the Salians”), from Sala (“the Ijssel River”) + -ius (“forming adjectives”), variant of Isala, from Proto-Germanic *Īsalō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to rush, to move quickly”).[1]

Salii pl (plural only)

1. (historical, dated) Synonym of Salians, the Salian people, especially in ancient Roman contexts.

• asili

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.lii̯/, [ˈs̠älʲɪi̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.lij/, [ˈsäːlij]

From salīre (“to leap, to jump”) + -īus (“-y: forming adjectives”).

Saliī m pl (genitive Saliōrum); second declension

1. (historical) Salii, the priests of Mars Gradivus in Rome

Second-declension noun, plural only.

From Sala (“the Ijssel River”) +‎ -ius (“-y: forming adjectives”), variant of Isala, from Proto-Germanic *Īsalō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to rush, to move quickly”).

Saliī m pl (genitive Saliōrum); second declension

1. (historical) Salii, Salians, people living near the river Ijssel in antiquity

Second-declension noun, plural only.