I. 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.—
B. Transf., as hard as stone: “dentes (asini),” App. M. 10, p. 249, 10: “durities jecoris,” Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 6, 81.—*
II. Trop., stony, i.e. hard, unfeeling, obdurate: “saxeus ferreusque es,” Plin. Ep. 2, 3, 7.
