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Latin
Etymology
lapis + -eus
Pronunciation
Adjective
lapideus (feminine lapidea, neuter lapideum); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) stone(s)
- stony, stone-like
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “lapideus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lapideus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lapideus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- lapideus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.