Disputatio:Ferrumen

Ancient caementa vs modern cement[fontem recensere]

This page is currently contradictory because it is using Vitruvius' definition of caementum (= 'rubble') but it is being used to mean 'cement' (i.e., any substance that solidifies and binds construction material together'). So 'cement' is the building opposite to caementa. ~~There is also that Vitruvius always uses it in plural (off the top of my head -- need to double check), so I don't know if we can have caementa and caementum as two different entries?~~--Xave ri us 07:53, 23 Aprilis 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(see please Usor:Xaverius/building)--Xave ri us 08:28, 23 Aprilis 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cassell's: 'cement' (= 'glue') = gluten et ferrumen (Plin.). IacobusAmor (disputatio) 12:36, 23 Aprilis 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Traupman: 'cement' (= 'concrete') = ferrumen. Sed etiam 'concrete' = concretum. IacobusAmor (disputatio) 12:36, 23 Aprilis 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ferrumen seems to be as good as concretum but without the added misleading sense of caementa=rubble to me (?)--Xave ri us 14:21, 23 Aprilis 2018 (UTC)[reply]