plumbeus

Latin

Etymology

From plumbum (“lead”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpɫʊm.be.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈplum.be.us]

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.
7. Having the color of lead.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	plumbeus	plumbea	plumbeum		plumbeī	plumbeae	plumbea
genitive	plumbeī	plumbeae	plumbeī		plumbeōrum	plumbeārum	plumbeōrum
dative	plumbeō	plumbeae	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

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic)	rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock)	niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic)
ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic)	rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses)	lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic)
viridis, flāvus (poetic)	viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic)	viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark)
	glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes)	caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic)
violāceus	purpureus (underlying shade)	roseus

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.