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The Latin word for stone is
lapis





stone



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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