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C / cassĭtĕrum
noun greek

cassĭtĕrum

gen. cassĭtĕri · gender neuter · decl. 2nd
(), , , = κασσίτερος, orig.
a mixture; alloy of lead; silver
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, adj., = κασσιτέρινος, made of tin: lamella, Pelagon. Vet. 7.
Perseus ID: n6964 Key: cassiterum