I.a rough, pointed rock: “saxa et cautes timere,” Caes. B. G. 3, 13: “celsae,” Enn. Ann. 402 Vahl. ex conj.: “durae,” Verg. A. 4, 366; Ov. M. 4, 672; 7, 418: “praerupta,” id. ib. 1, 719: “solida,” id. ib. 12, 124: “inviae,” Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 27. —As a symbol of insensibility, Ov. M. 11, 330.
cautēs (e. g. Tib. 2, 4, 9: cautĭs , Prud. στεφ. 10, 701), is, f. kindr. with cōs, cōtis; Sanscr. s)ō, acuere, Bopp, Gloss. 353, 6,