plumbeus

Latin

Etymology

From plumbum (“lead”) +‎ -eus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplum.be.us/, [ˈpɫ̪ʊmbeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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.
7. Having the color of lead.

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

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

 

Descendants

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

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)	glaucus; līvidus; venetus
violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)	ostrīnus, amethystīnus	purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

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.