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ferrumen

ferrumen · n

Cement

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Where it lives

Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

ferrūmen — Lewis & Short

ferrūmen (fērū-), ĭnis, n.ferrum.

I Cement, solder, glue (post-Aug.): quod furto calcis sine ferumine suo caementa componuntur, Plin. 36, 23, 55, § 176; Petr. 102; Dig. 41, 1, 27.—Transf.: esse videtur Homeri (versus) simplicior et sincerior, Vergilii autem vewterikw/teros et quodam quasi ferumine immisso fucatior, etc., i. e. connection, connecting word, Gell. 13, 26, 3. —*

II Iron-rust: (crystalla) infestantur plurimis vitiis, scabro ferumine, maculosa nube, etc., Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 28.

In the wild

ferrumine Petronius, Satyricon 102
ferumine Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.23.p2
ferumine Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 13.27.3
ferumine Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 37.2.p5

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