plumbeus

Latin

Etymology

From plumbum (“lead”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplum.be.us/, [ˈpɫʊm.be.ʊs]

Adjective

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

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.

Inflection

First/second declension.

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

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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)