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) IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯.ki.us/, [ˈs̠äu̯kiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯.t͡ʃi.us/, [ˈsäːu̯t͡ʃius]

Adjective

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

1. 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.”

2. ill, sick

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	saucius	saucia	saucium		sauciī	sauciae	saucia
Genitive	sauciī	sauciae	sauciī		sauciōrum	sauciārum	sauciōrum
Dative	sauciō		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.