LAT

Lewis Short

(adjective) : saxĕus, a, um, id..
* Lit., of rock, of stone, rocky, stony: saxea est verruca in summo montis vertice, Auct. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 48: moles, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89; Ov. M. 12, 283: scopulus,id. ib. 14, 73: saepta,Lucr. 4, 699: strata viarum,id. 1, 315: tecta,id. 5, 984; Ov. H. 10, 128: crepido,Plin. 12, 1, 5, § 9: effigies bacchantis,Cat. 64, 61: umbra,of the rocks,Verg. G. 3, 145 et saep.: mater ad auditas stupuit ceu saxea voces,Ov. M. 5, 509: Niobe saxea facta,id. P. 1, 2, 32: pons,Luc. 4, 15: juga,id. 4, 157: imber,Sil. 13, 181: ipse Anien, infraque superque Saxeus,rocky in its shores and bed,Stat. S. 1, 3, 20: vasa,Vulg. Exod. 7, 19.
* Transf., as hard as stone: dentes (asini),App. M. 10, p. 249, 10: durities jecoris,Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 81.—*
* Trop., stony, i.e. hard, unfeeling, obdurate: saxeus ferreusque es,Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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