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LNS

lapidātiō, lapidātiōnis

lapido

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

a throwing of stones, a stoning
A shower of stones
a hail-storm

Abbreviations

lapidātio, ōnis, f. lapido, a throwing of stones, a stoning (class.). Lit.: fit magna lapidatio, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95: magna, id. de Or. 2, 47, 197; id. Dom. 6, 14; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 73.

—In plur.: lapidationes persaepe vidimus, Cic. Sest. 36, 77.

— A shower of stones (post-class.): non diu lapidatione terruere Romanos, Flor. 3, 9, 6.

—Transf., a hail-storm: grandinis lapidatio, Imp. Constant. Cod. 9, 18, 4.