salisatorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From *salisō (“to jump”) +‎ -tor.

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sa.liˈsaː.tor/, [s̠älʲɪˈs̠äːt̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sa.liˈsa.tor/, [säliˈs̬äːt̪ɔr]

名詞

salisātor m (genitive salisātōris); third declension (hapax)

1. a superstitious person who takes the twitching of body parts as omen
   • c. 600 CE – 625 CE, Isidorus Hispalensis, Etymologiae 8.9.29:

     Salisātōrēs vocātī sunt, quia dum eīs membrōrum quaecumque partēs salierint, aliquid sibi exinde prosperum seu trīste sīgnificāre praedīcunt.

     Salisatores are called so because they immediately predict it to mean something either fortunate or unfortunate for themselves when any body part of theirs twitches.