saxifragus

== Latin == === Etymology === From saxum (“a stone, rock”) + frangō (“to break, shatter”) + -us. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sakˈsɪ.fra.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sakˈsiː.fra.ɡus] === Adjective === saxifragus (feminine saxifraga, neuter saxifragum); first/second-declension adjective stone-crushing, stone-breaking ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: salsufragi English: saxifrage French: saxifrage Galician: seixebra Translingual: Saxifraga === 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.