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lăpĭdĕus , a, um, adj. id..
I. Of stone, consisting of stones, stone-.
A. Lit. (class.): “flumen marginibus lapideis,Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 9; Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45: “imber,a shower of stones, id. Div. 2, 28, 60; so, “pluit lapideo imbri,Liv. 30, 38, 8: “murus,id. 1, 38 fin.: “in lapideo mortario terere,Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169: “duritia,id. 27, 11, 74, § 98: “suggestus,Col. 9, 7, 1.—
B. Trop. (ante-class.): lapideo sunt corde multi, quos non miseret neminis, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 162 Müll. (Trag. v. 174 Vahl.): lapideus sum, I am petrified: “commovere me miser non audeo,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 44.—
II. For lapidosus, full of stones, stony (post-Aug.): “lapidei campi,Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 34; 21, 10, 31, § 57: “litus,Mel. 2, 5, 4.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.3
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.57
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 27.98
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 3.34
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 30, 38.8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 38
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.18
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 2.28
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 9.7.1
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