saxifragus

Latin

Etymology

From saxum (“a stone, rock”) + frangō (“break, shatter”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sakˈsi.fra.ɡus/, [s̠äkˈs̠ɪfräɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sakˈsi.fra.ɡus/, [säkˈsiːfräɡus]

Adjective

saxifragus (feminine saxifraga, neuter saxifragum); first/second-declension adjective

1. stone-crushing, stone-breaking

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	saxifragus	saxifraga	saxifragum		saxifragī	saxifragae	saxifraga
Genitive	saxifragī	saxifragae	saxifragī		saxifragōrum	saxifragārum	saxifragōrum
Dative	saxifragō		saxifragō		saxifragīs
Accusative	saxifragum	saxifragam	saxifragum		saxifragōs	saxifragās	saxifraga
Ablative	saxifragō	saxifragā	saxifragō		saxifragīs
Vocative	saxifrage	saxifraga	saxifragum		saxifragī	saxifragae	saxifraga

Related terms

• saxātilēs
• saxātilis
• saxētum
• saxeus
• saxiālis
• saxifer
• saxificus
• saxigenus
• saxipērium
• saxitas
• saxōsa
• saxōsitās
• saxōsus
• saxulum
• saxum

Descendants

• Catalan: salsufragi
• Galician: seixebra

References

• “saxifragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “saxifragus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• saxifragus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.