cassiterum
From LSJ
βορβόρῳ δ' ὕδωρ λαμπρὸν μιαίνων οὔποθ' εὑρήσεις ποτόν → once limpid waters are stained with mud, you'll never find a drink
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cassĭtĕrum, ī, n. (κασσίτερος), étain : Plin. 34, 156 ; Avien. Ora mar. 260.
