siliceus

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

sĭlĭcĕus, a, um, adj. [silex],

of flint or limestone , silicious : saxa, Vitr. 8, 3 fin. : lapides, Cato R. R. 18, 3.—Trop.: cor, Laev. ap. Gell. 19, 7, 10.