saxatilis

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

saxātĭlis, e, adj. [saxum],

that dwells or is found among rocks , saxatile : columbae, i. e. which inhabit towers , Varr. R. R. 3, 7, 1: pisces, that frequent rocks , Col. 8, 16, 8: piscatus (opp. hamatilis), Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 10.—As subst.: saxātĭles , fishes that frequent rocks , Cels. 2, 18; Plin. 9, 15, 20, § 52; 32, 9, 31, § 94; Ov. Hal. 109.

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