causārĭus, a, um, adj. [causa, II. D.].
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; Ap. Met. 4, 4, 14.— * Adv.: causārĭē , on account of sickness : qui causarie missus est, Dig. 49, 16, 13, § 2.