saxum

Latin

saxum (a stone, rock)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“cut”), compare Old Church Slavonic сѣчиво (“ax, hatchet”), Lithuanian isekti (“to engrave, carve”), Albanian sate (“mattock”), Old Saxon segasna, Old English sigðe (“scythe”), Old English secg (“sword”), seax (“knife, short sword”), Old Iranian doescim "I cut".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈsak.sum/, [ˈsak.sũ]

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Noun

saxum (genitive saxī); n, second declension

1. A stone, any large rough fragment of rock.
2. (by extension) A wall of stone.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	saxum	saxa
genitive	saxī	saxōrum
dative	saxō	saxīs
accusative	saxum	saxa
ablative	saxō	saxīs
vocative	saxum	saxa

Synonyms

• (a stone): lapis, petra

Derived terms

• saxum volvō

Related terms

saxātilēs saxātilis saxētum saxeus

saxiālis saxifer saxificus saxifragus

saxigenus saxipērium saxitas saxōsa

saxōsitās saxōsus saxulum

Descendants

• Italian: sasso
• Portuguese: seixo