wound (v.) Copy link Outline 1. vulnĕro, 1 (to inflict a w.)2. saucio, 1 (to render disabled, to put hors de combat3. laedo, si, sum, 3 (to hurt; lit. and fig.)4. offendo, di, sum, 3 (to offend) • wound (v.): 1. vulnĕro, 1 (to inflict a w.): let no man w. any one before he see Induciomarus slain, neu quis quem vulneret priusquam Induciomarum interfectum viderit, Caes. B. G. 5, 58: he is w.'d in the face by a sling, in adversum os funda vulneratur, ib. 35: to be w.'d by the edge of the steel, acie ferri vulnerari, Cic. Sest. 10, 24: this might w. the feelings of men, virorum hoc animos vulnerare posset, Liv. 34, 7. 2. saucio, 1 (to render disabled, to put hors de combat: stronger than vulnero): Rubrius is w.'d in the mélée, Rubrius in turba sauciatur, Cic. Verr. 1, 26, 67. Fig.: the words are keen; they w. reputation, aculeata sunt; famam sauciant, Pl. Bac. 1, 1, 30. 3. laedo, si, sum, 3 (to hurt; lit. and fig.): if he has w.'d none, si neminem laesit, Cic. Mur. 40, 87. 4. offendo, di, sum, 3 (to offend): to w. any one's feelings, offendere cujusquam animum, Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 6. Phr.: they do not w. man, hominem non vulnere laedunt, Ov. M. 4, 602: severely w.'d by fortune, fortunae gravissimo percussus vulnere, Cic. Acad. 1, 3, 11.