salutatio

The very word 'salutation' in the first place, derived as it is from 'salutatio,' the daily homage paid by a Roman client to his patron, suggests in itself a history of manners.

Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. Sarah Annie Frost

[7] Textbooks on the art of letter-writing began to appear by the eleventh century, explaining in detail how to prepare the five divisions of a letter: (1) the salutation (_salutatio_), (2) the art of introducing the subject properly and making a good impression (_captatio benevolentiae_),

The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization Ellwood Patterson Cubberley 1904

See Treggiari (2007, 7); also Treggiari (1991, 420) on women’s salutatio.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

It is not known for certain if during the late Republic women of Livia’s and Terentia’s standing received their own deputations of visitors during the morning salutatio, although Livia certainly did during the imperial era.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

Like Terentia, Livia’s daily routine would have revolved to a large extent around her husband’s, which was dominated at least during the first half of the day by the salutatio, the obligatory all-male daily levee that started at dawn and witnessed a steady stream of friends and clients trooping across the thresholds of prominent men like Cicero and Octavian, seeking their help or advice in various personal and business matters.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

_salutatio_ of the patronus, and struggling with one another for the

Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914