noun
cassĭtĕrum
Meaning
- a mixture
cassĭtĕrum (-ron), i, n., = κασσίτερος, orig.
I. 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.