plumbeus

Latin

Etymology

From plumbum (“lead”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplum.be.us/, [ˈpɫ̪ʊmbeʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplum.be.us/, [ˈplumbeus]

Adjective

plumbeus (feminine plumbea, neuter plumbeum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Of or pertaining to lead.
2. Made of lead, leaden, full of lead.
3. Blunt, dull.
4. Heavy, burdensome.
5. (poetic) Vile, bad, poor.
6. (figuratively) Stupid, stolid.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	plumbeus	plumbea	plumbeum		plumbeī	plumbeae	plumbea
Genitive	plumbeī	plumbeae	plumbeī		plumbeōrum	plumbeārum	plumbeōrum
Dative	plumbeō		plumbeō		plumbeīs
Accusative	plumbeum	plumbeam	plumbeum		plumbeōs	plumbeās	plumbea
Ablative	plumbeō	plumbeā	plumbeō		plumbeīs
Vocative	plumbee	plumbea	plumbeum		plumbeī	plumbeae	plumbea

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to lead): plumbārius

Derived terms

• plumbea
• plumbeum

Related terms

• plumbāgō
• plumbārium
• plumbārius
• plumbātūra
• plumbātus
• plumbō
• plumbōsus
• plumbum

 

Descendants

• Italian: plumbeo
• Portuguese: plúmbeo
• Spanish: plúmbeo

References

• “plumbeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “plumbeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• plumbeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette