saxum ī, n
2 SAC-,
a large stone, rough stone, broken rock, bowlder, rock
: e saxo sculptus: magni ponderis saxa,
Cs.: saxis suspensa rupes, V.:
inter saxa rupīsque, L.: Capitolium saxo quadrato substructum,
with foundations of hewn stone
, L.—Prov.: satis diu iam hoc saxum vorso, i. e.
struggle in vain
(as Sisyphus with his stone), T.—As nom
prop., the Tarpeian Rock
: quis audeat laedere propositā cruce aut saxo?:
Deicere de saxo civīs?
H.—
The Sacred Rock
(on the Aventine hill, where Remus consulted the auspices): pulvinar sub Saxo
dedicare: Appellant Saxum, pars bona montis ea est, O.—In the name,
Saxa Rubra; see ruber.—Plur,
stony ground, rocky places
: in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis, V.—
A stone wall
: saxo lucum circumdedit, O.