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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>stannum</b>: (perh. also [[stagnum]]; [[hence]] 2. [[stagno]] and [[stagneus]], v. [[stanneus]]), i, n.,<br /><b>I</b> an [[alloy]] of [[silver]] and [[lead]], Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 159; 33, 9, 45, § 130; Suet. Vit. 5 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> Tin ([[late]] Lat. for [[plumbum]] [[album]] or candidum), Hier. in Zach. 1, 4, 10; Isid. Orig. 16, 22.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>stannum</b>, ī, n., plomb d’œuvre, plomb argentifère : Plin. 34, 159 &#124;&#124; étain : Isid. Orig. 16, 22.
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{{Georges
|georg=stānnum, ī, n., s. 2. stāgnum.
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