A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin


stony, becoming; becoming stone-hard: lapidescens,-entis (part.B).
stony hardness: lapidositas,-atis (s.f.III), abl. sg. lapidositate.
Stony ground or place: petrosa,-orum (pl.n.II), abl. pl. petrosis, rocky places; saxa,-orum (pl.n.II), abl. pl. saxis; saxosa,-orum (pl.n.II), abl. pl. saxosis (Stearn); more frequently the adjective saxosus is used to modify loci (pl.m.II) 'places': loci saxosi, the noun even more frequently deleted, being understood: habitat in saxosis, it grows in stony (places); saxetum,-i (s.n.II), abl. sg. saxeto; see rock.
stony, stone-hard, made of stone: lapideus,-a,-um (adj.A), saxeus,-a,-um (adj.A), saxialis,-e (adj.B); scleroideus,-a,-um (adj.A), scleroticus,-a,-um (adj.A), ‘sclerotic, hardened, of stony texture;’ scrupeus,-a,-um (Adj.A), consisting or composed of sharp stones or “projections of rock” (Glare); scruposus,-a,-um (adj.A), full of sharp rocks or projections of rock; scrupulosus,-a,-um (adj.A): full of (small) sharp stones, rough, rugged; - drupa (nobis non visa) exsucca, putamine lapideo 3-gono attenuato 3-loculari canalibus resiniferis percurso, (B&H), drupe (not seen by us) without juice, with a stoney stone, 3-angled, attenuate, 3-locular, run throughout with a resiniferous canal. - murus saxialis, a stone wall. Scrupicola,-ae (s.f.I), in epithets, a noun in apposition: growing on broken rock, such as talus and scree.