LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

saucius

saucius (feminine saucia, neuter saucium, comparative magis saucius, superlative maximē saucius)
Classical[ˈsau̯.ki.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsaːu̯.t͡ʃi.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivehurt, wounded, injured, stricken, smitten
    “Quālēs mūgītūs fūgit cum saucius āram“Just like the bellowing when a wounded bull flees the altar and has shaken off from its neck an ill-aimed axe.”29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.223–224
  2. adjectiveill, sick
    29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.1

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

vulnerātus, laesus
saucius -a -um — in Aeneis, ch. 9

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Vulnus · Plaga · Ulcus · Cicatrix · Saucius

1. Vulnus and plaga denote a wound from without; vulnus (from lanius?) by means of a weapon, or other cutting instrument; plaga, by means of any instrument carried with intention to injure; whereas ulcus (ἄλοξ, ὦλξ) means any open or sore place in the body, that has begun to fester, etc.; cicatrix, the scar that is left when a wound is healed. Suet. Vit. 10. Verbera et plagas, sæpe vulnera, nonnunquam necem repræsentantes adversantibus. Plin. H. N. xvi. 12. Cels. viii. 4. 2. Vulneratus means wounded in general; saucius, so wounded as to be unfit for fighting, and is the proper expression for those that are wounded in battle. Cic. Verr. i. 27. Servi nonnulli vulnerantur; ipse Rubrius sauciatur. (iv. 255.)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesauciussauciasaucium
genitivesauciīsauciaesauciī
dativesauciōsauciaesauciō
accusativesauciumsauciamsaucium
ablativesauciōsauciāsauciō
vocativesauciesauciasaucium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesauciīsauciaesaucia
genitivesauciōrumsauciārumsauciōrum
dativesauciīssauciīssauciīs
accusativesauciōssauciāssaucia
ablativesauciīssauciīssauciīs
vocativesauciīsauciaesaucia

saucĭus, a, um, adj.,
I. wounded, hurt.
I. Lit.: omnes saucios Convisit, Att. ap. Non. 398, 4: multis civibus sauciis, Varr. ib. 398, 13: videmus ex acie efferri saepe saucios, Cic. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; so, too, in milit. lang., Caes. B. G. 3, 4 fin.; 5, 36; id. B. C. 3, 75; 3, 78 al.; cf. humorously: saucius factus sum in Veneris proelio: Sagittā Cupido cor meum transfixit, * Plaut. Pers. 1, 1, 24: taurus, Verg. A. 2, 223: funesto saucia morsu, Ov. M. 11, 373: bracchia direptā saucia fecit acu, id. Am. 1, 14, 18: gravissimis vulneribus, Vulg. 2 Macc. 14, 15.—In a Greek construction: Haemon Corruit ipse suo saucius ense latus, Prop. 2, 8, 22 (2, 8, b, 6); cf.: stat saucia pectus, Tib. 1, 6, 49.— In the time of Quintilian freq. in prose: jam vulgatum actis quoque saucius pectus, Quint. 9, 3, 17.—
B. Transf., in gen., smitten, injured, enfeebled, ill, sick, distempered, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
1. Of living beings: gladiatori illi confecto et saucio consules imperatoresque vestros opponite, Cic. Cat. 2, 11, 24.—Of sick persons: fato saucia (for which previously, affecta), Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 31; cf.: mulier diutino situ viscerum, App. Mag. p. 318, 21; cf. also infra, 2.—Of hungry persons: Belua male saucia, Sil. 15, 789.—Of intoxicated persons: quid dicat, nescit saucia Terpsichore, giddy, reeling, Mart. 3, 68, 6: Galli hesterno mero saucii, Just. 24, 8, 1: saucios per noctem opprimit, id. 1, 8, 8; App. M. 7, p. 195, 16.—
2. Of things: (tellus) rastro intacta nec ullis Saucia vomeribus, wounded, torn, Ov. M. 1, 102: securi Saucia trabs ingens, id. ib. 10, 373; cf.: (janua) nocturnis potorum saucia rixis, Prop. 1, 16, 5: malus celeri saucius Africo, Hor. C. 1, 14, 5: glacies incerto saucia sole, weakened, melted, Ov. M. 2, 808: alvus lubrico fluxu saucia, attacked, diseased, App. M. 4, p. 144, 3; cf. supra, 1.: incaluit quoties saucia vena mero, excited, Mart. 4, 66, 12; cf. supra, 1. —
II. Trop., wounded, smitten by love (so most freq., as in all languages); cf. supra, I., the passage from Plautus: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8, 18 (Trag. v. 288 Vahl.; a transl. of Ἔρωτι θυμὸν ἐκπλαγεῖσα, Eurip. Med. prol. 8): regina gravi jamdudum saucia curā, Vulnus alit venis, Verg. A. 4, 1: mens amore, Lucr. 4, 1044: vir Pieriā pellice, Hor. C. 3, 10, 15: ipse a nostro igne, Ov. H. 5, 152: a quo tua saucia mater, id. R. Am. 5; Tib. 2, 5, 109.—
B. In gen., wounded, hurt, offended, injured in any way: subesse nescio quid opinionis incommodae sauciumque ejus animum insedisse quasdam odiosas suspiciones, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 1: Juno saucia dictis, Stat. Th. 1, 248: saucius dolore multo, Prud. Cath. 9, 90: Servilius de repetundis saucius, injured, sullied in character, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 3.—
(b). Post-class. with gen.: Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia, App. M. 4, p. 157: fatigationis hesternae saucius, id. ib. 2, p. 121: clientes famae et salutis saucii, Aus. Prof. 5, 15.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kes-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ksew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ksowós
  4. Proto-Italic*(k)sawVk-
  5. Latinsaucius

Latin saucius May be from Proto-Indo-European *ksew-, extended from *kes- (“to scratch, itch”). More specifically, the term might reflect an adjective *ksowós (“scraping”), which could have been combined with a suffix *-Vk to produced a derivative *(k)saw-Vk- with the unrounding of *ow > *aw. Regarding the identity of this *-Vk suffix, Vine suggests that it is probably comparable to the endings of terms such as rāmex (“blood vessels of the lungs”) or varix (“a varicose vain”). Afterwards, the addition of the -ius suffix would create the attested Latin form. Cognate with novācula, sentis, Ancient Greek ξέω (xéō), ξύω (xúō, “to scrape”), ξαίνω (xaínō), Old English besnyþian.

Descendants
  • Italiansaucio

Quick answers

What does saucius mean in Latin?
saucius, a adjective, means “hurt, wounded, injured, stricken, smitten; ill, sick”.
How do you pronounce saucius?
In classical Latin, [ˈsau̯.ki.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsaːu̯.t͡ʃi.us].
Where does saucius come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kes- → Proto-Indo-European *ksew- → Proto-Indo-European *ksowós → Proto-Italic *(k)sawVk- → Latin saucius.