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stannum

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque

Latin > English

stannum stanni N N :: alloy of silver and lead; tin (late)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

stannum, ī, n., plomb d’œuvre, plomb argentifère : Plin. 34, 159 || étain : Isid. Orig. 16, 22.

Latin > German (Georges)

stānnum, ī, n., s. 2. stāgnum.

Latin > Chinese

stannum, i. n. :: 錫鑞