I.steel (cf. Plin. 34, 14, 41, § 142 sq.): “vulnificus (because weapons were made of it),” Verg. A. 8, 446; “on account of its hardness: ferro durior et chalybe,” Prop. 1, 16, 30; cf. Sen. Herc. Oet. 152; Sil. 1, 171; 2, 403.—
II. Meton., the things made of it.
A. A sword: “strictus,” Sen. Thyest. 364.—
B. A horse's bit, Luc. 6, 398.—
D. An iron rail, Luc. 6, 547.