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mĕtallum (noun N) = μέταλλον:
* A mine or quarry, of gold, silver, iron, or stone; voc. metalle, as if from metallus, Spart. Pesc. Nig. 126.
* Lit., the place where metals are dug, a mine: metalla vetera intermissa recoluit, et nova multis locis instituit,Liv. 39, 24: sandaracae,Vitr. 7, 7, 5: aurifera,gold-mines,Luc. 3, 209: silicum,stone-quarry,id. 4, 304: miniarium,Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118: praeter annuum, quod ex metallis regiis capia, vectigal,Liv. 42, 12: herba tantae suavitatis, ut metallum esse coeperit, a mine, i. e. that a tax was raised from it as from a mine, Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 44: damnare in metallum, to condemn to labor in the mines or quarries: damnatus in metallum,Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8: condemnare aliquem ad metalla,Suet. Calig. 27: mediocrium delictorum poenae sunt metallum, ludus, deportatio,Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 3, 5: dare aliquem in metallum,Dig. 48, 19, 8: metallo plecti,ib. 47, 11, 7: puniri,ib. 48, 13, 6.
* Transf., the product of a mine or quarry.
* A metal, as gold, silver, or iron: ubicumque una inventa vena argenti est, non procul invenitur alia. Hoc quidem et in omni fere materia: unde metalla Graeci videntur dixisse,Plin. 33. 6, 31, § 96: auri,Verg. A. 8, 445: potior metallis libertas,i. e. gold and silver,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39: aeris,Verg. G. 2, 165: pejoraque saecula ferri temporibus, quorum ... nomen a nullo posuit natura metallo,Juv. 13, 30.
* Trop., metal, stuff, material: saecula meliore metallo,Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 184: mores meliore metallo,id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 137.
* Marble, Stat. S. 4, 3, 98.
* Precious stone: radiantium metalla gemmarum,Pacat. Pan. 4.
* Chalk: admiscetur creta ... Campani negant alicam confici sine eo metallo posse,Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 114.
* Sulphur: utque est ingenium vivacis metalli (sulphuris),App. M. 9. p. 228, 23.—(ε) Salt: metallum fragile,Prud. Hamart. 744.
* A mine or quarry, of gold, silver, iron, or stone; voc. metalle, as if from metallus, Spart. Pesc. Nig. 126.
* Lit., the place where metals are dug, a mine: metalla vetera intermissa recoluit, et nova multis locis instituit,Liv. 39, 24: sandaracae,Vitr. 7, 7, 5: aurifera,gold-mines,Luc. 3, 209: silicum,stone-quarry,id. 4, 304: miniarium,Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118: praeter annuum, quod ex metallis regiis capia, vectigal,Liv. 42, 12: herba tantae suavitatis, ut metallum esse coeperit, a mine, i. e. that a tax was raised from it as from a mine, Plin. 21, 7, 20, § 44: damnare in metallum, to condemn to labor in the mines or quarries: damnatus in metallum,Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 8: condemnare aliquem ad metalla,Suet. Calig. 27: mediocrium delictorum poenae sunt metallum, ludus, deportatio,Paul. Sent. 5, 17, 3; 5, 3, 5: dare aliquem in metallum,Dig. 48, 19, 8: metallo plecti,ib. 47, 11, 7: puniri,ib. 48, 13, 6.
* Transf., the product of a mine or quarry.
* A metal, as gold, silver, or iron: ubicumque una inventa vena argenti est, non procul invenitur alia. Hoc quidem et in omni fere materia: unde metalla Graeci videntur dixisse,Plin. 33. 6, 31, § 96: auri,Verg. A. 8, 445: potior metallis libertas,i. e. gold and silver,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 39: aeris,Verg. G. 2, 165: pejoraque saecula ferri temporibus, quorum ... nomen a nullo posuit natura metallo,Juv. 13, 30.
* Trop., metal, stuff, material: saecula meliore metallo,Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 184: mores meliore metallo,id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 137.
* Marble, Stat. S. 4, 3, 98.
* Precious stone: radiantium metalla gemmarum,Pacat. Pan. 4.
* Chalk: admiscetur creta ... Campani negant alicam confici sine eo metallo posse,Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 114.
* Sulphur: utque est ingenium vivacis metalli (sulphuris),App. M. 9. p. 228, 23.—(ε) Salt: metallum fragile,Prud. Hamart. 744.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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