saxificus
saxificus, turning into stone, petrifying
saxĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [saxum-facio],
- that turns into stone, petrifying (poet.): Medusa, Ov. Ib. 555; Sil. 10, 178; Luc. 9, 670; cf.: vultus Medusae, Ov. M. 5, 217: os (Medusae), Sen. Herc. Fur. 901.
saxificus, a, um (saxum u. facio), in Stein verwandelnd, versteinernd, Medusa, Ov.: so auch vultus (Medusae), Ov., od. os, Sen. poët.
saxum, -i ‥ et componitur ~us
saxĭfĭcus, (15) a, um (saxum, facio), qui pétrifie : Ov. Ib. 555 ; Luc. 9, 670.
saxificus
adj.
- saxum+2 FAC-, turning into stone, petrifying: Medusa, O.: voltus Medusae, O.