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saxĭālis, e, adj. [saxum], of rock or stone, stone- (late Lat.): termini, Front. Colon. p. 132 Goes.

* saxĭfer, fĕra, fĕrum, adj. [saxum-fero], stone-bearing: habenae, i. e. that hurl stones, Val. Fl. 5, 608.

saxĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [saxum-facio], that turns into stone, petrifying (poet.): Medusa, Ov. Ib. 555; Sil. 10, 178; Luc. 9, 670; cf.: vultus Medusae, Ov. M. 5, 217: os (Medusae), Sen. Herc. Fur. 901.

saxĭfrăgus, a, um, adj. [saxum-frango], stone-breaking, stone-crushing: undae maris, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 42, 167 (Ann. v. 564 Vahl.): adiantum, so called because it breaks or dissolves the stone in the bladder, Plin. 22, 21, 30, § 64; also, herba, Ser. Samm. 32, 602; App. Herb. 67.
Absol. (sc. herba), Veg. 1, 13, 5; 6, 11, 1 al.

* saxĭgĕnus, a, um, adj. [saxum-gigno], born or sprung from stone: semen, Prud. Cath. 5, 7.

saxĭpērĭum, i, n. [saxum-pero], a bag to hold stones for slinging (late Lat.), Fulg. Serm. 74 (cf. Vulg. 1 Reg. 17, 40).

saxĭtas, ātis, f. [saxum], stony nature, stoniness (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 4; 3, 8, n. 109; cf. saxositas.