lapideus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lăpĭdĕus, a, um, adj. [lapis].

I Of stone, consisting of stones, stone- .

A Lit. (class.): flumen marginibus lapideis, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: imber, a shower of stones , id. Div. 2, 28, 60; so, pluit lapideo imbri, Liv. 30, 38, 8: murus, id. 1, 38 fin. : in lapideo mortario terere, Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169: duritia, id. 27, 11, 74, § 98: suggestus, Col. 9, 7, 1.—

B Trop. (ante-class.): lapideo sunt corde multi, quos non miseret neminis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 162 Müll. (Trag. v. 174 Vahl.): lapideus sum, I am petrified : commovere me miser non audeo, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 44.—

II For lapidosus, full of stones, stony (post-Aug.): lapidei campi, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57: litus, Mel. 2, 5, 4.

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