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lapido

lapido, to stone, throw stones

lăpĭdo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [lapis], to throw stones at a person or thing, to stone ( = lapidibus obruo, percutio; not ante-Aug.).
  • I With personal object: exercitus imperatorem lapidavit, Flor. 1, 22; Petr. 93, 3: eum lapidare coeperunt, Auct. B. Hisp. 23: Stephanum, Vulg. Act. 7, 58: Paulum, id. ib. 14, 18.—
          • β To cast stones upon, to bury: praeteriens aliquis nos lapidabit, Petr. 114, 11.—
          • γ With an inanim. object: quo defunctus est die, lapidata sunt templa, Suet. Calig. 5.—
    • B Trop., to assail, assault, strike at: notantes impotentiam ejus hac dicacitate lapidatam, Macr. S. 2, 7 init.—
  • II Impers.: lapidat, it rains stones: quia Veiis de caelo lapidaverat, Liv. 27, 37: Reate imbri lapidavit, id. 43, 13.—In the pass. form: quod de caelo lapidatum esset, Liv. 29, 14, 4: propter crebrius eo anno de caelo lapidatum, id. 29, 10, 4.

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