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.
II —Hence, cassĭtĕrĭnus , a, um, adj., = κασσιτέρινος, made of tin : lamella, Pelagon. Vet. 7.