Saxôsus, pe. pro. Adiect. Pli. Ful of great stones or rockes,Flumina saxosa.Virg.Frutex saxosus. Plin. That groweth among stones.Montes saxosi. Vir. Viam saxosam terere. Proper. Saxetanus pen. prod. Aliud adiectiuum. Mart. That breedeth among stones.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
saxōsus (collat. form saxŭōsus, Sicul. Fl. p. 11 Goes.), a, um, adj. [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.