saxum
neutral noun II declension

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1 cliff, rock, island, stone, grave, marble block, tombstone
2 wall, stone house
3 (in the plural) stony places
4 (in the plural) wines stony, clay
5 Saxum, the Cliff sacred, on the Aventine, where Remo took the auspices
6 Saxum, the Tarpeian Rock, from which you were convicted of crimes against precipitate status

Locutions, idioms and examples

Cingula saxa || caementicium (saxum) || adamantina saxa || Saxa Rubra || catinus saxorum || aliquem deicio e Saxo || Capitoli immobile saxum || ad saxa inhaerens || adhaereo saxis || Centaurica saxa || e saxo sculptus || abrupta saxa = inaccessible rocks || Q. Voconius Saxa || quadratum saxum || caedo saxis || caeca saxa || quadrato saxo || Capitolii saxum || ad hoc saxa erant et temere iacentia = moreover there were rocks that lying casually (there) || accedit Saxa nescio quis = a certain Saxa arrives || ad saxa haec conqueror || affligo caput saxo || alternis trabibus ac saxis || ad saxa ligata vincula || saxum verso or volvo || aditu carentia saxa || aditum per saxa molior || alti fornice saxi || caput saxo adflixit || nullum est hoc stolidius saxum || alii onerant saxis || e saxo penitus exciso || amnis volvit saxa || aries disperget saxa || aspreta erant strata saxis || cavernae saxis structae || amat perrumpere saxa || amnis per saxa volutans || cape saxa manu || caedo ianuam saxis || castra suspendunt saxis || inter sacrum saxumque sto || castra praeruptis suspendunt saxis || Usticae cubantis levia saxa || ea ipsa (saxa) … in eos qui commoverant recidebant || addiderat fossas obicesque saxorum || alium funda saxa libro || amnis torquet sonantia saxa || caput pecudis saxo elisit || Capitolium saxo quadrato substructum est || aestu revoluta resorbens saxa || aurum perrumper amat saxa || Tarpeia rupes or Tarpeium (saxum) || caementicio aut quadrato saxo || adverso monte saxum trudo || arborum truncos et saxa obmoliuntur || ad disciplinam tamquam ad saxum adhaeresco = to hang on to a theory as done on a rock || a populo saxis praetereunte petor = the people passing by pelt me with stones || alios saxa manibus amplexos || alios saxa quibus adhaerebant manibus amplexos || Naiades Hesperiae … signant quoque carmine saxum || Volscus … saxa obiacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes || ea intervalla grandibus in fronte saxis efferciuntur || ardentia saxa infuso aceto putrefaciunt || caducis percussu crebro saxa cavantur aquis || qua rupes deerat, arborum truncos et saxa obmoliuntur || animum advortit inter saxa repentis (= repentes) cocleas || Cerauniorum saxa inter et alia loca periculosa || cadavera saxis … ut pondere traherentur in profundum, adnexa || vulgi rumore territus, robur et saxum … minitantium || ea antiquissima monimenta memoriae humanae impressa saxis cernuntur || cervix eius saxo ita icta est, ut oculis caligine offusa collaberetur || admonent deinde quidam esse thesaurum publicum sub terra, saxo quadrato septum