Saxeus, Adiectiuum. Plin. Stonie, or stone.Effigies saxea. Catul. Imber saxeus ingruit. Sil. Stones be hurled so thicke as if it did raine.Moles saxea.Ouid. Pons saxeus. Luc. Strata saxea detrita vulgi pedibus. Lucr. Causeis or paued wayes worne, &c. Tecta saxea. Ouid.Vmbra saxea. Vir. The shadow of a rocke.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
saxĕus, a, um, adj. [id.]. I.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.—B.Transf., as hard as stone: dentes (asini), App. M. 10, p. 249, 10: durities jecoris, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 81.— II.Trop., stony, i.e. hard, unfeeling, obdurate: saxeus ferreusque es, Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 7.
