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cassīta, ae, f [1. cassis, like galerita from galerus], the crested or tufted lark: Alauda cristata, Linn.; Gell. 2, 29, 3 sqq.
Cassĭtĕrĭdes, um, f., = Κασσιτερίδες, the tin-islands, Cassiterides, now prob. the Scilly Islands, Mel. 3, 6, 2; Plin. 4, 22, 36, § 119; named from the tin found there; v. cassiterum.
† cassĭtĕrum (-ron), i, n., = κασσίτερος, orig. a mixture or alloy of lead, silver, and other metals; afterwards tin (= plumbum album), Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 156; Avien. Or. Mar. 260; cf. Charis. p. 21 P.; Diom. p. 315 ib.
Hence, cassĭtĕrĭnus, a, um, adj., = κασσιτέρινος, made of tin: lamella, Pelagon. Vet. 7.