plumbum

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Contents 1 Latin 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Inflection 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Related terms 1.2.4 Descendants 1.3 References

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόλυβδος (molybdos), “‘lead’”).

[edit] Noun

plumbum (genitive plumbī); n, second declension

1. Lead (the metal).
2. A ball of lead.
3. (poetic) Pipe of lead.
4. A pencil.

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	plumbum	plumba
genitive	plumbī	plumbōrum
dative	plumbō	plumbīs
accusative	plumbum	plumba
ablative	plumbō	plumbīs
vocative	plumbum	plumba

[edit] Synonyms

• (a ball of lead): plumbea

[edit] Related terms

plumbāgo plumbārium plumbārius plumbātūra

plumbātus plumbea plumbeum

plumbeus plumbō plumbōsus

[edit] Descendants

• English: plumb
• Galician: chumbo
• Italian: piombo
• Limburgish: plómb
• Portuguese: chumbo

[edit] References

• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)