The corpus record — Latin

saxosus

saxosus · adj

full of rocks

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Where it lives

Ibis 1 · 2.54/10k
Eclogues 1 · 2.2/10k
Punica 12 · 1.57/10k
Phaedra 1 · 1.41/10k
Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k
Epistularum 1 · 1.1/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Pharsalia 2 · 0.39/10k
Naturalis Historia 15 · 0.38/10k
Thebais 2 · 0.32/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 1 · 0.14/10k

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

saxōsus — Lewis & Short

saxōsus (collat. form saxŭōsus, Sicul. Fl. p. 11 Goes.), a, um, adj.saxum,

I full of rocks or stones, rocky, stony: montes, Verg. G. 2, 111: valles, id. E. 5, 84: loca, Col. Arb. 21, 1: mare, id. ib. 8, 16, 8: Hypanis, Verg. G. 4, 370: Euphrates, Plin. 5, 24, 20, § 84: frutex, growing among stones, id. 15, 7, 7: Phlegethon saxosa incendia torquet, Sil. 13, 565.—As subst.: saxōsa, ōrum, n., rocky or stony places: piscium genera alia planis gaudent, alia saxosis, Quint. 5, 10, 21 (cf.: saxatiles pisces, under saxatilis): herba in saxosis nascens, Plin. 21, 29, 103, § 175.

In the wild

saxosa Lucan, Pharsalia 5.651
saxosis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 22.7
saxosis Silius Italicus, Punica 4.524
saxosis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 25.9.p9
saxosis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.30.p2
saxosa Silius Italicus, Punica 8.541

6 of 42 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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