IRON Copy link • IRON 1. s. ferrum: as adjective, ferreus (made of iron; PROP. and IMPROP.). An iron tool, ferramentum: a vein of iron, vena ferri: iron mine, metallum ferrarium or ferri; ferri fodina or ferraria (these, too, as pit): a plate of iron, lamina ferri: covered with an iron plate, lamina ferratus: iron wire, *filum ferreum: iron color, ferrugo: iron-works, fabrīcae ferrariae: iron filings, ramenta ferri; scobs ferri delimata: as hard as iron, ferreus, adamantinus, or perdurus (general term for very hard): an iron frame (i. e., body), corpus ferreum: a taste of iron, sapor ferrugineus: iron furnace, fornax ferraria: the dross of iron, scoria ferri: impregnated with iron [Vid: CHALYBEATE]. Prov. To strike whilst the iron is hot, utendum est animis, dum spe calent (Curt., 4, 1, 29); matūra, dum libido manet (Ter., Phorm., 4, 5, 14). Irons [Vid: CHAINS]. Irons (surgical, for correcting distortions, etc.), serperastra (to straighten the leg, depravata crura corrigere). IMPROPR., Made of iron, ferreus: I must have been made of iron, ferreus essem: Oh! thou iron- hearted man, O te ferreum! 2. v. *vestes ferro calefacto premere. Put in chains, Vid: CHAIN.