salvo

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sălʹvō, IPA^(key): /ˈsælvəʊ/
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From Latin salvo, ablative of salvus, the past participle of salvāre (“to save, to reserve”), either from salvo jure (“the right being reserved”), or from salvo errore et omissone (“reserving error and omission”).

salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)

1. An exception; a reservation; an excuse.
   • 1649, Charles I of England (attributed), Eikon Basilike

     They admit […] salvos, cautions, and reservations.

• A salvo clause in legal documents or audit reports details reservations or limitations.

A 1719 alteration of salva (“simultaneous discharge of guns”) (1591) from Latin salva (“salute, volley”) (compare French salve, also from Italian), from Latin salve (“hail”), the usual Roman greeting, imperative of salvere (“to be in good health”).

salvo (plural salvos or salvoes)

1. (military) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley.
2. A salute paid by a simultaneous, or nearly simultaneous, firing of a number of cannon.
3. (by extension) Any volley, as in an argument or debate.
   • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎:

     It was an impressive opening salvo from the Baggies, especially for a side that have made a poor beginning to what has been an admittedly tough start to their campaign.

   • 2019 October 6, Tim Shipman and Caroline Wheeler, “'Sack me if you dare,' Johnson will tell Queen”, in The Sunday Times, number 10,178, page 1:

     Together, Johnson's plans mean that the clashes in parliament and the Supreme Court may be only the opening salvos in what promises to be the biggest constitutional storm in centuries.

4. The combined cheers of a crowd.

salvo (third-person singular simple present salvos, present participle salvoing, simple past and past participle salvoed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To discharge weapons in a salvo.

• the Salvos

• Lovas, Slavo-, ovals, sa/vol

Inherited from Latin salvus. Compare Catalan salv.

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salves)

1. (archaic) safe, secure
   • 1320–1330, Llibre del Consolat de Mar, CCLXIII

     Quant la roba serà en terra en loch salvo...

     When the goods will be on land in a secure location...

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of salvar

• “salvo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Middle French salve, from Italian salva, from Latin salvē (greeting).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑl.voː/

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• Hyphenation: sal‧vo

salvo n (plural salvo's, diminutive salvootje n)

1. salvo, volley, a series of shots

• Afrikaans: salvo

salvo m (feminine singular salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. safe

• san e salvo m, sa e salva f
• a salvo

salvo

1. except

   Synonym: agás

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalvo/

salvo (plural salvi)

1. rescue

   Synonym: salvado

2. salvation

   Synonym: salveso

From Latin salvus.[1] Cognate to French sauf.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.vo/
• Rhymes: -alvo
• Hyphenation: sàl‧vo

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvi, feminine plural salve)

1. safe, out of danger, saved, secure from

   Synonyms: salvato, fuori pericolo, al sicuro da

2. safe, whole, intact, undamaged

   Synonyms: intatto, indenne, non danneggiato

salvo

1. except, but, save

   Synonyms: eccetto, tranne, eccetto, ad eccezione di, fatto salvo

salvo che

1. except that; save that, unless, if... not

   Synonym: a meno che non

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salvare

• salvare

• slavo, solva, svola, valso

From salvus +‎ -ō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.u̯oː/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪u̯oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.vo/, [ˈsälvo]

salvō (present infinitive salvāre, perfect active salvāvī, supine salvātum); first conjugation

1. (Late Latin) I save (make safe or healthy)

   Synonyms: tūtor, vindicō, cū̆stōdiō, sospitō, teneō, adimō, prōtegō, tegō, dēfendō, tueor, sustineō, ēripiō, arceō, servō

   • a. 430, Augustinus, Sermo XVII

     Non enim amat Deus damnare sed salvare.

     For God loves not to condemn but to save.

This term is not found in Classical Latin, which uses servo instead.

• “salvo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salvo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• salvo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • without violating, neglecting one's duty: salvo officio (Off. 3. 1. 4)
    
  • to greet a person: aliquem salvere iubere (Att. 4. 14)
    
• save in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -alvu, (Brazil) -awvu
• Hyphenation: sal‧vo

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. safe

• são e salvo m, sã e salva f
• a salvo

salvo (short participle, feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. past participle of salvar, "saved"

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salvar; "I save"

From Latin salvus. Cognate with English safe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsalbo/ [ˈsal.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -albo
• Syllabification: sal‧vo

salvo (feminine salva, masculine plural salvos, feminine plural salvas)

1. safe

• sano y salvo m, sana y salva f
• a salvo

salvo

1. except, apart from

salvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of salvar

• “salvo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014