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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.* * * -
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saxum (in inscrr. also SAKSVM; from collat. form saxus;I.a vocative SAXE,
Inscr. Orell. 2982), i, n. [root sak-; Sanscr. ska; cf. secare], any large, rough stone; a detached fragment of rock; a rock (in gen.; whereas rupes is a steep rock, crag, cliff).In gen., Lucr. 4, 266 sq.; cf. id. 1, 882:2.non est e saxo sculptus,
Cic. Ac. 2, 31, 100: pars ludicre saxa Jactant, inter se licitantur, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 13 (Ann. v. 76 Vahl.):(Sisyphum) adverso nixantem trudere monte Saxum, etc.,
Lucr. 3, 1001:miser impendens magnum timet aëre saxum Tantalus,
id. 3, 980: saxo cere comminuit brum, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 412 (Ann. v. 586 Vahl.); cf.:si glebis aut saxis aut fustibus aliquem de fundo praecipitem egeris,
Cic. Caecin.21,60:magni ponderis saxa, in muro collocare,
Caes. B. G. 2, 29; cf. id. ib. 7, 22 fin.; 7, 23; 7, 46: (Thyestes) summis saxis fixus asperis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 413 Vahl.); cf.:aspicite religatum asperis Vinctumque saxis (Prometheum), Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 10, 23: speluncas saxis pendentibu' structas,
Lucr. 6, 195; cf., of the cave of Cacus: jam primum saxis suspensam hanc aspice rupem,
Verg. A. 8, 190:tot congesta manu praeruptis oppida saxis,
id. G. 2, 156:inter saxa rupesque,
Liv. 21, 40: saxa spargens tabo, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 414 Vahl.):vesco sale saxa peresa,
Lucr. 1, 326:nec turbida ponti Aequora fligebant naves ad saxa,
id. 5, 1001:si ad saxum quo capessit,
Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 89 et saep.:lapis non saxum est,
Plin. 36, 22, 49, § 169.—In apposition:in saxis silicibus uberiores aquae sunt,
in limestone rocks, Vitr. 8, 1.—Prov.a.Saxum volvere, i. e. to strive or endeavor in vain (alluding to the stone of Sisyphus):b.satis diu hoc jam saxum volvo,
Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 55.—Inter sacrum saxumque stare; v. sacrum, A. 2. b.—II.In partic.A.For Saxum Tarpejum (cf. Fest. p. 343 Müll. and v. Tarpejus, II.), the Tarpeian Rock:B.horribilis de saxo jactus,
Lucr. 3, 1016; Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 31; Cic. Att. 14, 16, 2; Hor. S. 1, 6, 39; Tac. A. 2, 32; 4, 29; Dig. 48, 19, 25; v. Tarpeius.—Saxum sacrum, the sacred rock on the Aventine, at which Remus consulted the auspices, Cic. Dom. 53, 136;C.called saxum alone,
Ov. F. 5, 150.—A superior kind of Cimolian chalk (creta Cimolia), Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 196.—D.Saxa Rubra; v. ruber, II. B.—III.Transf.1.Plur.: saxa, stony ground, rocky places:2.mitis in apricis coquitur vindemia saxis,
Verg. G. 2, 522:Ligurum,
Mart. 3, 82, 22.—A stone wall:3.Romulus saxo lucum circumdedit alto,
Ov. F. 3, 431.—The strong foundation of a building:Capitolium quadrato saxo substructum,
Liv. 6, 4, 12.
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