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lapidescere

lapidescere [CL] , to become stony, turn to stone; b (fig.). si ‥ [pulvis] aqua mergatur, solidatur et ~escit [cf. Isid. Etym. XVI 1. 8: lapis fit] Greg. Mir. Rom. 30.  b prelia crudescunt et corda metu lapidescunt Garl. Mor. Scol. 117; nunc, pie pater, excites ejulatum / ne cor adversum impie lapidescat / sed ut ‥ / ‥ eliquescat J. Howd. Cant. 282.

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