κασσίτερος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], Att. [[καττίτερος]], ὁ, [[tin]] (never in Od.), <span class="bibl">Il.11.25</span>, <span class="bibl">23.503</span>, <span class="title">SIG</span>247i 3 (Delph., iv B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὣς τέχνῃ ὕπ'</b> αἰζηῶν <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>862</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.18.474</span>; <b class="b3">Χεῦμα κασσιτέροιο</b> a plating of [[tin]], <span class="bibl">23.561</span>; κ. πάνεφθος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>208</span>; <b class="b3">κνημῖδας ἑανοῦ κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.18.613</span>; <b class="b3">δύο καττιτέρω</b> two [[plates of tin]], IG22.204.23, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.115</span>. (Elamite word, cf. Bab. [[kassi-tira]]: hence Skt. [[kastīram]].)