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διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
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|lshtext=<b>cassĭtĕrum</b>: (-ron), i, n., = [[κασσίτερος]] | |lshtext=<b>cassĭtĕrum</b>: (-ron), i, n., = [[κασσίτερος]], orig.<br /><b>I</b> 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. | ||
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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.
