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metallicus

metallicus · adj

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De Medicina 2 · 0.2/10k
Naturalis Historia 8 · 0.2/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

mĕtallĭcus — 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.

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