saucius

Latin

Etymology

May be from Proto-Indo-European *ksew-, extended from *kes- (“to scratch, itch”). Cognates with novācula, sentis, Ancient Greek ξέω (xéō), ξύω (xúō, “to scrape”), ξαίνω (xaínō), Old English besnyþian.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsau̯.ki.ʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsaːu̯.t͡ʃi.us]

Adjective

saucius (feminine saucia, neuter saucium, comparative sauciior, superlative sauciissimus); first/second-declension adjective

hurt, wounded, injured, stricken, smitten
Synonyms: sauciātus, vulnerātus
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.223–224:
  “Quālēs mūgītūs fūgit cum saucius āram
  taurus et incertam excussit cervīce secūrim.”
  “Just like the bellowing when a wounded bull flees the altar and has shaken off from its neck an ill-aimed axe.”
ill, sick

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	saucius	saucia	saucium	sauciī	sauciae	saucia
genitive	sauciī	sauciae	sauciī	sauciōrum	sauciārum	sauciōrum
dative	sauciō	sauciae	sauciō	sauciīs
accusative	saucium	sauciam	saucium	sauciōs	sauciās	saucia
ablative	sauciō	sauciā	sauciō	sauciīs
vocative	saucie	saucia	saucium	sauciī	sauciae	saucia

Related terms

sauciātiō
saucietas
sauciō

References

“saucius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“saucius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
saucius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.