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cassiterum
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Lewis Short
(adjective) = κασσίτερος: cassĭtĕrum (-ron), i, n., = , orig.
* A mixture or alloy of lead, silver, and other metals; afterwards tin (= plumbum album), Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 156; Avien. Or. Mar. 260; cf. Charis. p. 21 P.; Diom. p. 315 ib.—Hence, cassĭtĕrĭnus, a, um, , = κασσιτέρινος, made of tin: lamella, Pelagon. Vet. 7.
* A mixture or alloy of lead, silver, and other metals; afterwards tin (= plumbum album), Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 156; Avien. Or. Mar. 260; cf. Charis. p. 21 P.; Diom. p. 315 ib.—Hence, cassĭtĕrĭnus, a, um, , = κασσιτέρινος, made of tin: lamella, Pelagon. Vet. 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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