ferrūumĭno (fērū-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ferrumen, I.], to cement, solder, glue, unite, bind, join.
- I. Lit. (mostly post-Aug.): ita (bitumine) feruminatis Babylonis muris, Plin. 35, 15, 51, § 182: si tuum scyphum alieno plumbo plumbaveris aut alieno argento feruminaveris, Dig. 41, 1, 27: quare (ossa) fracta non feruminantur, Plin. 11, 37, 86, § 214; cf.: navium commissuras, to caulk the seams, id. 16, 36, 64, § 158.
- * II. Transf., comically: labra in labris feruminat, glues his lips, Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 25 (dub.; Lorenz, labra ab labellis fer mihi).