saucius
Latin
Etymology
May be from Proto-Indo-European *ksew-, extended from *kes- (“to scratch, itch”). Cognates with novācula, sentis, Ancient Greek ξέω (xéō), Ancient Greek ξύω (xúō, “to scrape”), Ancient Greek ξαίνω (xaínō), Old English besnyþian, and Sanskrit क्षर (kṣara, “melting away, perishable”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsau̯.ki.us/, [ˈsau̯.ki.ʊs]
Adjective
saucius (feminine saucia, neuter saucium, comparative sauciior, superlative sauciissimus); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | saucius | saucia | saucium | sauciī | sauciae | saucia | |
| Genitive | sauciī | sauciae | sauciī | sauciōrum | sauciārum | sauciōrum | |
| Dative | sauciō | sauciō | sauciīs | ||||
| Accusative | saucium | sauciam | saucium | sauciōs | sauciās | saucia | |
| Ablative | sauciō | sauciā | sauciō | sauciīs | |||
| Vocative | saucie | saucia | saucium | sauciī | sauciae | saucia | |
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
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