(adjective) : saxōsus (collat. form saxŭōsus, Sicul. Fl. p. 11 Goes.), a, um, saxum
* Full of rocks or stones, rocky, stony: montes,Verg. G. 2, 111: valles,id. E. 5, 84: loca,Col. Arb. 21, 1: mare,id. ib. 8, 16, 8: Hypanis,Verg. G. 4, 370: Euphrates,Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84: frutex,growing among stones,id. 15, 7, 7: Phlegethon saxosa incendia torquet,Sil. 13, 565.—As subst.: saxōsa, ōrum, n., rocky or stony places: piscium genera alia planis gaudent, alia saxosis,Quint. 5, 10, 21 (cf.: saxatiles pisces, under saxatilis): herba in saxosis nascens,Plin. 21, 29, 103, § 175.