κασσίτερος [ῐ],
Attic dialect καττ-, ὁ, tin (never in [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”), 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.25, 23.503, “SIG” 247i 3 (Delph., 4th c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; ἐτήκετο κασσίτερος ὣς τέχνῃ ὕπ᾽ αἰζηῶν [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 862, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.474 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Χεῦμα κασσιτέροιο a plating of tin,[[ 23.561; κ. πάνεφθος 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 208 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κνημῖδας ἑανοῦ κ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.613 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δύο καττιτέρω two plates of tin, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 22.204.23, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.115 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Elamite word, cf. Bab. kassi-tira: hence Sanskrit kastīram.)