scopulosus

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

scŏpŭlōsus, a, um, adj. [scopulus],

I full of rocks , rocky , shelvy , craggy (rare but class.): locus, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 11, 35: mare, id. de Or. 3, 19, 69: colles, Sil. 7, 274: rupes, Luc. 2, 619: Pylene, Stat. Th. 4, 102: cete, projecting like a rock, id. Achill. 1, 55: arva, Sil. 15, 305.— Neutr. plur. as subst., rocky places : Gangem dejectum per scopulosa et abrupta, Plin. 6, 18, 22, § 65.—

B Transf.: terga beluae, projecting like rocks , Val. Fl. 2, 518.

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