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ἡγούμενος τῶν ἡδονῶν ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀγόμενος ὑπ' αὐτῶν → of his pleasures he was the master and not their servant
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
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.
