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saxum (noun N) : (in inscrr. also SAKSVM; from collat. form saxus;
* A vocative SAXE,Inscr. Orell. 2982), , n.root sak-; Sanscr. ska; cf. secare, any large, rough stone; a detached fragment of rock; a rock (in gen.; whereas rupes is a steep rock, crag, cliff).
* In gen., Lucr. 4, 266 sq.; cf. id. 1, 882: non est e saxo sculptus,Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: pars ludicre saxa Jactant, inter se licitantur, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 13 (Ann. v. 76 Vahl.): (Sisyphum) adverso nixantem trudere monte Saxum, etc.,Lucr. 3, 1001: miser impendens magnum timet aëre saxum Tantalus,id. 3, 980: saxo cere comminuit brum, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 412 (Ann. v. 586 Vahl.); cf.: si glebis aut saxis aut fustibus aliquem de fundo praecipitem egeris,Cic. Caecin.21,60: magni ponderis saxa, in muro collocare,Caes. B. G. 2, 29; cf. id. ib. 7, 22 fin.; 7, 23; 7, 46: (Thyestes) summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 Vahl.); cf.: aspicite religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis (Prometheum), Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23: speluncas saxis pendentibu' structas,Lucr. 6, 195; cf., of the cave of Cacus: jam primum saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem,Verg. A. 8, 190: tot congesta manu praeruptis oppida saxis,id. G. 2, 156: inter saxa rupesque,Liv. 21, 40: saxa spargens tabo, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.): vesco sale saxa peresa,Lucr. 1, 326: nec turbida ponti Aequora fligebant naves ad saxa,id. 5, 1001: si ad saxum quo capessit,Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89 et saep.: lapis non saxum est,Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 169.—In apposition: in saxis silicibus uberiores aquae sunt,in limestone rocks,Vitr. 8, 1.
* Prov.
* In partic.
* Inter sacrum saxumque stare; v. sacrum, A. 2. b.
* Transf.
* Saxum sacrum, the sacred rock on the Aventine, at which Remus consulted the auspices, Cic. Dom. 53, 136; called saxum alone,Ov. F. 5, 150.
* A superior kind of Cimolian chalk (creta Cimolia), Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 196.
* Saxa Rubra; v. ruber, II. B.
* Plur.: saxa, stony ground, rocky places: mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis,Verg. G. 2, 522: Ligurum,Mart. 3, 82, 22.
* A stone wall: Romulus saxo lucum circumdedit alto,Ov. F. 3, 431.
* The strong foundation of a building: Capitolium quadrato saxo substructum,Liv. 6, 4, 12.
* A vocative SAXE,Inscr. Orell. 2982), , n.root sak-; Sanscr. ska; cf. secare, any large, rough stone; a detached fragment of rock; a rock (in gen.; whereas rupes is a steep rock, crag, cliff).
* In gen., Lucr. 4, 266 sq.; cf. id. 1, 882: non est e saxo sculptus,Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: pars ludicre saxa Jactant, inter se licitantur, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 13 (Ann. v. 76 Vahl.): (Sisyphum) adverso nixantem trudere monte Saxum, etc.,Lucr. 3, 1001: miser impendens magnum timet aëre saxum Tantalus,id. 3, 980: saxo cere comminuit brum, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 412 (Ann. v. 586 Vahl.); cf.: si glebis aut saxis aut fustibus aliquem de fundo praecipitem egeris,Cic. Caecin.21,60: magni ponderis saxa, in muro collocare,Caes. B. G. 2, 29; cf. id. ib. 7, 22 fin.; 7, 23; 7, 46: (Thyestes) summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 Vahl.); cf.: aspicite religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis (Prometheum), Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23: speluncas saxis pendentibu' structas,Lucr. 6, 195; cf., of the cave of Cacus: jam primum saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem,Verg. A. 8, 190: tot congesta manu praeruptis oppida saxis,id. G. 2, 156: inter saxa rupesque,Liv. 21, 40: saxa spargens tabo, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.): vesco sale saxa peresa,Lucr. 1, 326: nec turbida ponti Aequora fligebant naves ad saxa,id. 5, 1001: si ad saxum quo capessit,Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89 et saep.: lapis non saxum est,Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 169.—In apposition: in saxis silicibus uberiores aquae sunt,in limestone rocks,Vitr. 8, 1.
* Prov.
* In partic.
* Inter sacrum saxumque stare; v. sacrum, A. 2. b.
* Transf.
* Saxum sacrum, the sacred rock on the Aventine, at which Remus consulted the auspices, Cic. Dom. 53, 136; called saxum alone,Ov. F. 5, 150.
* A superior kind of Cimolian chalk (creta Cimolia), Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 196.
* Saxa Rubra; v. ruber, II. B.
* Plur.: saxa, stony ground, rocky places: mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis,Verg. G. 2, 522: Ligurum,Mart. 3, 82, 22.
* A stone wall: Romulus saxo lucum circumdedit alto,Ov. F. 3, 431.
* The strong foundation of a building: Capitolium quadrato saxo substructum,Liv. 6, 4, 12.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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