I. In medic. lang., sick, diseased, ill (not ante-Aug.): “corpus,” Sen. Q. N. 1 praef. § “4: partes, quibus adhibenda curatio est,” id. Ep. 68, 7: “dens,” Marc. Emp. 12: “dentes,” Plin. 23, 3, 37, § 75.—Subst.: “causarii vel latere vel faucibus,” sick, Plin. 25, 5, 25, § 61: “oculorum,” Marc. Emp. 8.—
II. In milit. lang., discharged on account of ill health, invalid, Liv. 6, 6, 14.—Hence, missio, a discharge from military service on account of sickness, a liberation from service, Dig. 3, 2, 2; 29, 1, 26; 49, 16, 13; App. M. 4, p. 144, 16.— * Adv.: causārĭē , on account of sickness: “qui causarie missus est,” Dig. 49, 16, 13, § 2.
