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saucius

wounded

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Where it lives

Ephemeris id est totius diei negotium 2 · 15.42/10k
De Bello Hispaniensi 6 · 9.91/10k
Parentalia 2 · 7.7/10k
Commemoratio professorum Burdigalensium 2 · 7.61/10k
Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Pro M. Tullio 2 · 5.82/10k
Cathemerina 4 · 5.43/10k
Hannibal 1 · 4.89/10k
Panegyricus de sexto consulatu Honorii Augusti 2 · 4.81/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 4 · 4.74/10k
de raptu Proserpinae 3 · 4.3/10k
De Bello Africo 5 · 3.84/10k

Densest 12 of 106 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. saucius — de Vaan

saucius 'wounded' [adj- o/a\ (Andr.+) Derivatives: sauciare 'to wound, cut into' (P1.+). Pit *(k)sawo- 'wound', *(k)saweje/o- 'to wound'. It cognates: possibly U. sauitu [3s.ipv.II], a damaging act in a curse (Vine 2004). PIE *ksou-o- 'scraping', *ksou-eie/o- 'to scrape'. IE cognates: Skt ksura- [m.] 'razor, sharp knife', Gr, ξυω 'to plane, scratch', ξυρόν, ξυρός 'razor', Lith. skusti 'to plane*. Vine 2004: 624 … — [de Vaan, s.v. saucius, p. 554]

2. saucĭus — Lewis & Short

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 *)/erwti qumo\n e)kplagei=sa, 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.

3. saucius — Walde–Hofmann

saucius, -a, -wm „verwundet, verletzt, betrunken“; vlt, (Goldberger Cl. 20,143) ,betrübt* (seit Liv. Andr., Enn., Plaut.; saució, -üre ,verwunde^ seit Cato [cön- seit Rhet. Her.], saucidtió , Verwundung“ seit Cic., saucietüs ds. Cael, Aur); unerkl. Nicht nach Osthoff IF. 6,37. (Lit), Brugmann II? 1, 498 als *saj-üc-ios (vgl. cad-üc-us, fidüc-ía usw.) zur Sippe von got. sair n. „Schmerz“ (Feist* 405), s, saevus; … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. saucius, p. 1389]

In the wild

saucios Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 2.38
saucii Livy, Ab urbe condita 1.9.32.12
saucius Silius Italicus, Punica 13.456
saucia Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.527
saucia Ausonius, Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 27.1
saucia Apuleius, Metamorphoses 4.32.p1

6 of 295 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. saucius (scan pp. 554-555; entry #1551). Root candidates: *sawVkio-, *kseu-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. saucius (scan p. 621; entry #10213).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. saucius (scan p. 1389; entry #2446). Root candidates: *bhséi-, *sav-.

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