The corpus record — Latin

lapido

lapido · v. a

to throw stones at

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Where it lives

Eclogarum Liber 1 · 3.65/10k
De Scorpiace 2 · 2.51/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 43-44 - 43 1 · 1.74/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 29 2 · 1.63/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 1 · 0.89/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 1 · 0.86/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 42 1 · 0.6/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 1-2 - 1 1 · 0.57/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lăpĭdo — Lewis & Short

lăpĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n.lapis,

I to throw stones at a person or thing, to stone ( = lapidibus obruo, percutio; not ante-Aug.).

I With personal object: exercitus imperatorem lapidavit, Flor. 1, 22; Petr. 93: eum lapidare coeperunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 23: Stephanum, Vulg. Act. 7, 58: Paulum, id. ib. 14, 18.—

(b) To cast stones upon, to bury: praeteriens aliquis nos lapidabit, Petr. 114, 11.—

(g) With an inanim. object: quo defunctus est die, lapidata sunt templa, Suet. Calig. 5.—

B Trop., to assail, assault, strike at: notantes impotentiam ejus hac dicacitate lapidatam, Macr. S. 2, 7 init.—

II Impers.: lapidat, it rains stones: quia Veiis de caelo lapidaverat, Liv. 27, 37: Reate imbri lapidavit, id. 43, 13.—In the pass. form: quod de caelo lapidatum esset, Liv. 29, 14, 4: propter crebrius eo anno de caelo lapidatum, id. 29, 10, 4.

In the wild

lapidatum Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.42.2.4
lapidavit Livy, Ab urbe condita 4.43.13.4
lapidata Suetonius, C. Caligula 5.1
lapidatus Tertullian, De Scorpiace 13
lapidatus Ausonius, Eclogarum Liber 2.34
lapidemque Cicero, Pro Cn. Plancio 95

6 of 29 attestations shown.

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