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.—