stannum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

stannum (perh. also stagnum; hence 2. stagno and stagneus, v. stanneus), i, n.,

I an alloy of silver and lead , Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 159; 33, 9, 45, § 130; Suet. Vit. 5 fin.

II Tin (late Lat. for plumbum album or candidum), Hier. in Zach. 1, 4, 10; Isid. Orig. 16, 22.

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