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Latin
Etymology
From saxum (“rock, stone”) + -ātilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
saxātilis (neuter saxātile); third-declension two-termination adjective
- that lives amongst rocks
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
References
- “saxatilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “saxatilis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- saxatilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.