saxĕus, a, um, adj. [saxum].
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), Ap. Met. 10, 22, 7; durities jecoris, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 81.—*
II Trop., stony , i.e. hard , unfeeling , obdurate : saxeus ferreusque es, Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 7.