English

Noun

stannum ‎(uncountable)

1. (chemistry, rare) tin

Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, see also Irish stán

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈstan.num/, [ˈstan.nũ]

Noun

stannum n ‎(genitive stannī); second declension

1. an alloy of silver and lead
2. tin (the metal)

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• stannum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• STANNUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “stannum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• stannum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers