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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=saxeus saxea, saxeum ADJ :: rocky, stony, made of stones
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>saxĕus</b>: a, um, adj. id..<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., as [[hard]] as [[stone]]: dentes (asini), App. M. 10, p. 249, 10: [[durities]] jecoris, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 81.—*<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[stony]], i.e. [[hard]], [[unfeeling]], [[obdurate]]: [[saxeus]] ferreusque es, Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 7.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>saxĕus</b>,¹² a, um ([[saxum]]),<br /><b>1</b> de rocher, de pierre : Lucr. 4, 699 ; Plin. 12, 9 ; [[saxeus]] [[scopulus]] Ov. M. 14, 73, écueil ; saxea [[umbra]] Virg. G. 3, 145, l’ombre d’un rocher<br /><b>2</b> qui a des rochers : [[Anien]] [[saxeus]] Stat. S. 1, 3, 20, l’[[Anio]] qui coule sur des rochers [en cascades]<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] dur [comme la pierre], dur, insensible : Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 3, 7 ; Apul. M. 10, 22.
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{{Georges
|georg=saxeus, a, um ([[saxum]]), aus Felsen, aus [[Stein]], felsig, [[steinern]], I) eig. u. meton.: a) eig.: [[scopulus]], Ov.: tecta, Ov.: [[crepido]], Plin.: [[terminus]], [[von]] [[Kiesel]], Gromat. vet.: [[umbra]], [[von]] den Felsen, Verg.: [[Niobe]] saxea facta, zu [[Stein]], Ov. – b) meton.: α) [[steinhart]], [[steinartig]], [[durities]] iecoris, Cael. Aur. de morb. chron. 3, 6, 81. – β) so [[groß]] [[wie]] [[ein]] [[Fels]], felsengroß, dentes (asini), Apul. [[met]]. 10, 22 u. 11, 13. – II) bildl.: saxeum [[pectus]], [[ein]] [[Herz]] [[von]] [[Stein]], Gregor. epist. 9, 122: u. so [[saxeus]] es, hast [[ein]] [[Herz]] [[von]] [[Stein]], Plin. ep. 2, 3, 7.
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