stone (v.) Copy link Outline 1. expr. by phrr.2. lăpĭdo, 1 (a usage unknown to the best age) • stone (v.): i. e. to hurl s.s at: 1. expr. by phrr.: lapides in aliquem conjicere (R. and A.): to s. to death, aliquem lapidibus cooperire, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 48: saxis obruere, Curt. (Kr.): lapidibus (saxis) conjectis necare, interficere. 2. lăpĭdo, 1 (a usage unknown to the best age): they began to stone him, l. eum coeperunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 22: Flor.. Vulg. pass. (N.B.--To be avoided.)