saucius

== Latin == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsau̯.ki.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsaːu̯.t͡ʃi.us] === Adjective === saucius (feminine saucia, neuter saucium, comparative magis saucius, superlative maximē saucius); first/second-declension adjective hurt, wounded, injured, stricken, smitten Synonyms: sauciātus, vulnerātus ill, sick ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== sauciātiō saucietas sauciō ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: saucio (archaic, literary) === 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.