noun
sollĭferreum
Meaning
- a missile weapon made wholly of iron
sollĭferreum (sōlĭf-), i, n. (sc. telum) [sollus-, i. e. totus-ferrum],
I. a missile weapon made wholly of iron, an iron javelin, Liv. 34, 14 fin.; Gell. 10, 25, 2; cf. Fest. s. v. sollo, p. 298 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 299 ib.; and s. v. solitaurilia, p. 293 ib.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
solliferreum (sōlif-) ī, n
sollus- (3 SAL-)+ ferrum; sc. telum, a missile of iron, javelin , L.