solder (subs.) Copy link • solder (subs.): perh. ferrūmen, ĭnis, n., Plin. (which, however, more precisely = cement): s. is usually expr. by the name of the particular metal employed.
solder (v.) Copy link Outline 1. plumbo, 1 (to s. with lead)2. implumbo, 1 (like plumbo)3. ferrūmĭno, 14. conferrūmĭno, 15. sŏlĭdo, 16. dēvincio, nxi, nctum, 4 • solder (v.): 1. plumbo, 1 (to s. with lead): Cato R. R. 21: Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 161. 2. implumbo, 1 (like plumbo): Vitruv. 10, 6, ad init. Cf. replumbo (to unsolder): silver becomes uns.'d, argentum replumbatur, Sen. Q. N. 4, 2, ad med. 3. ferrūmĭno, 1: Babylon's walls being s.'d (with mineral pitch), ferruminatis (bitumine) Babylonis muris, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182. 4. conferrūmĭno, 1: Plin. 27, 8, 45, § 69. 5. sŏlĭdo, 1: with tin pipes are s.'d, stanno fistulae solidantur, Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 160. 6. dēvincio, nxi, nctum, 4: the lids being s.'d with lead, operculis plumbo devinctis, Liv. 40, 29, post init. Such words as coagmento, conjungo, etc., have a wider meaning. See also to cement, glue: and for fig. sign., to confirm, strengthen.
SOLDER Copy link • SOLDER 1. s. ferrumen (Plin.). “Soft solder” (Sam Slick), palpum (e.g., mihi obtrudere non potes palpum, Plaut., Pseud., 4, 1, 35). 2. v. ferruminare: conferruminare (to solder together, Plin.).