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ferruumino

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Lewis Short

(verb) : ferrūumĭno (fērū-), āvi, ātum, 1, ferrumen, I.
* To cement, solder, glue, unite, bind, join.
* Lit. (mostly post-Aug.): ita (bitumine) feruminatis Babylonis muris,Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182: si tuum scyphum alieno plumbo plumbaveris aut alieno argento feruminaveris,Dig. 41, 1, 27: quare (ossa) fracta non feruminantur,Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.: navium commissuras,to caulk the seams,id. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—*
* Transf., comically: labra in labris feruminat,glues his lips,Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 25 (dub.; Lorenz, labra ab labellis fer mihi).
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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