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adjective

saxĭfĭcus

fem. saxĭfĭca · neut. saxĭfĭcum
saxum-facio
that turns into stone; petrifying poetic •
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.
Perseus ID: n42783 Key: saxificus