Cautes, cautis, f. g. fiue cotes, aut cos. Plin. A ragged rocke or hill full of great stones.Abrupta cautes. Sen. Altæ cautes.Virg. Ardua cautes. Valer Flac. Dura cautes. Sen. Intractabilis cautes. Sen. Niuosæ cautes. Sil. Obiectæ cautes. Sil. Sæua cautes. Sen. Strictæ cautes.Val. Flac.One flint strlken against an other for sire.Terribiles cautes. Lucan. Concurrere cautes dicuntur.Ouid.To be nie one ouer right one against the other.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
cautēs (e. g. Tib. 2, 4, 9: cautĭs, Prud. stef. 10, 701), is, f. [kindr. with cōs, cōtis; Sanscr. s)ō, acuere, Bopp, Gloss. 353, 6], a rough, pointed rock: saxa et cautes timere, Caes. B. G. 3, 13: celsae, Enn. Ann. 402 Vahl. ex conj.: durae, Verg. A. 4, 366; Ov. M. 4, 672; 7, 418: praerupta, id. ib. 1, 719: solida, id. ib. 12, 124: inviae, Plin. 37, 2, 10, 27. —As a symbol of insensibility, Ov. M. 11, 330.