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1 κασσίτερος
A tin (never in Od.), Il.11.25, 23.503, SIG247i 3 (Delph., iv B.C.), etc.; ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὣς τέχνῃ ὕπ' , cf. Il.18.474; Χεῦμα κασσιτέροιο a plating of tin, 23.561;κ. πάνεφθος Hes.Sc. 208
; κνημῖδας ἑανοῦ κ. Il.18.613; δύο καττιτέρω two plates of tin, IG22.204.23, cf. Hdt.3.115. (Elamite word, cf. Bab. kassi-tira: hence Skt. kastīram.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κασσίτερος
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2 κασσίτερος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `tin' (Il.)Other forms: Att. καττίτεροςCompounds: as 1. member in κασσιτερο-ποιός `tinner' (Ptol.).Derivatives: κασσιτέρινος ( καττι-) `of tin' (Att. inscr., Arist.); Κασσιτερίδες νῆσοι "the tin-islands", prob. SW. of Britain (Hdt. 3, 115, Str.); κασσιτερᾶς m. `tinner' (pap.); κασσιτερόω `tin' (Dsc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Origin unknown. One has supposed Elamitie origin, from * kassi-ti-ra "coming from the land of the Kassi (i. e. Kossäer)" (from where Κασσίτιρα island in the Indian Ocean [Dion. ap. St. Byz.]?), but also called Celtic names like Cassi-velaunus, with the Κασσιτερίδες νῆσοι giving their name to the metall (cf. e. g. Κύπρος: copper) or v.v.. - Eberts Reallexikon 6, 299, Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 699f.; lit. in W.-Hofmann s. cassiterum (plus Nachträge); Kretschmer Glotta 27, 36; cf. Bq. - Gr. κασσίτερος was spread widely: Lat. cassiterum (after ferrum, aurum a. o.), OCS kositerъ, Skt. kastīram, Arab. qazdir etc. The group σσ \/ ττ however is typically Pre-Greek, so the word will have come from Greece or Anatolia. Cf. the word for `lead', μόλυβδος.Page in Frisk: 1,798Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κασσίτερος
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