I.a throwing of stones, a stoning (class.).
I. Lit.: “fit magna lapidatio,” Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95: “magna,” id. de Or. 2, 47, 197; id. Dom. 6, 14; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 73.—In plur.: “lapidationes persaepe vidimus,” Cic. Sest. 36, 77.—
II. A shower of stones (post-class.): “non diu lapidatione terruere Romanos,” Flor. 3, 9, 6.—Transf., a hail-storm: grandinis lapidatio, Imp. Constant. Cod. 9, 18, 4.