stone (subs.) Copy link Outline I. In ordinary sense1. lăpis, ĭdis, m. (most gen. term, denoting either s. as a material, or a s.)2. saxum (usu. a large, rough s., a rock)3. sĭlex, ĭcis, n. (flint s.)4. pūmex, ĭcis, m. (pumice-s.5. scrūpus (a small sharp s.)II. A precious s.III. A calculous concretion in animal bodies1. calcŭlus2. lăpillus (gravelIV. The hard portion of fruit1. nūcleus2. ŏs, ossis, n. (lit. bone)V. VI. A weight • stone (subs.): I. In ordinary sense: 1. lăpis, ĭdis, m. (most gen. term, denoting either s. as a material, or a s.): s. suitable for grinding purposes, l. molaris, Quint. 2, 19, 3: Parian s. (i. e. marble), Parius l., Virg.: to fling s.s, lapides jacere, Cic.: Caes. Dimin. lăpillus (a small s.): Ov.: Plin. 2. saxum (usu. a large, rough s., a rock): s.s of enormous weight (to let fall from the walls of a besieged town), magni ponderis s., Caes. B. G. 2, 29: to roll the s., i. e. of Sisyphus (toil in vain), s. volvere, Ter. Eun. 5, 9, 55. Esp. note phr., saxum quadratum, s. squared or hewn into quadrangular blocks, Liv. 10, 23. 3. sĭlex, ĭcis, n. (flint s.): v. flint. 4. pūmex, ĭcis, m. (pumice-s.: also in gen. sense): Prov.: to squeeze blood (lit. water) from a s., aquam a p. postulare, Pl. 5. scrūpus (a small sharp s.): Petr. Phr.: made of s., lapideus, saxeus (v. stone, adj.): there was a shower of s.s, de coelo lapidavit, Liv. 27, 37: imbri lapidavit, id. 43, 13: de coelo lapidatum est, id. 29, 14 (but also lapidibus pluit, 35, 9): to clear (ground) of s.s, elapidare, Plin.: to leave no s. unturned, omnia experiri, Ter. Andr. 2, 1, 11: cf. Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 15, omnia pertempto, omnia experior, πάντα denique λίθον κινῶ: (nihil) inexpertum relinquere, Curt. 3, 6 (nil ... intentatum linquere, Hor. A. P. 285 = to leave no form of composition unattempted): to draw tears from s.s, lapides flere ac lamentari cogere, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245: to kill two birds with one s., perh. de eadem fidelia duos parietes dealbare (lit. to whitewash two walls from the same pail), Curius in Cic. Ep. 7, 29: less figuratively, una mercede duas res assequi, Cic. R. Am. 29, 80 (R. and A.). II. A precious s.: gemma: v. gem. III. A calculous concretion in animal bodies: 1. calcŭlus: to remove a s., c. extrahere, Cels. 7, 26: to reduce and remove s. (by medicine), c. comminuere et ejicere, Plin. 20, 4, 13: to cut (for the s.), incidere (calculi extrahendi causa), Cels. l. c.: alicui calculos excidere (to remove by lithotomy), Kr. (e Plin.): to divide a s., (with the forceps, previous to extracting it), c. findere, Cels. l. c. 2. lăpillus (gravel: rare in this sense): Plin. Suffering from s., calculosus: Plin. IV. The hard portion of fruit: 1. nūcleus: the s.s of olives, peaches, cherries, olivarum, persicorum, cerasorum n., Plin. 2. ŏs, ossis, n. (lit. bone): Suet. Cl. 8 (olearum ac palmularum ossa). V. : A testicle: testis, is, m.: Plin.: Hor. VI. A weight: quatuordecim pondo librae: v. pound.