metallicus

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĕtallĭcus: a, um, adj. id.,
I of or belonging to metal, metallic (post-Aug.).
I Adj.: molybdaena metallica, Plin. 34, 18, 53, § 173: natura, id. 27, 4, 5, § 15.—
II Subst.: mĕtallĭcus, i, m.
   A A digger of metals, a mine-digger, miner: lavant eas arenas metallici, Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157; Cod. Just. 11, 6, 7.—
   B A person condemned to the mines, Dig. 48, 19, 10.—
   C A worker in stone, Cassiod. Var. 7, 15.