The Latin word for stone is
lapis
Translations for stone and their definitions
lapis | |
1. n. a stone | |
2. n. a milestone | |
3. n. a boundary stone | |
4. n. gravestone, tombstone | |
5. n. lapis manalis ("stone of manes"), which covers the gate of Hades or underworld | |
6. n. a stone platform at a slave auction | |
7. n. a statue | |
8. n. (poetic) jewel, precious stone |
saxum | |
1. n. stone, rock (a large, rough fragment of rock) | |
2. n. (by extension) wall of stone |
petra | |
1. n. stone, rock |
lapideus | |
1. adj. (relational) stone(s) | |
2. adj. stony, stone-like |
lapido | |
1. v. I stone, throw stones at. | |
2. v. (figuratively) I assail, assault. |
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