plumbeus
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From plumbum (“lead”) + -eus.
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈplum.be.us/, [ˈpɫ̪ʊmbeʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplum.be.us/, [ˈplumbeus]
AdjectiveEdit
plumbeus (feminine plumbea, neuter plumbeum); first/second-declension adjective
- Of or pertaining to lead.
- Made of lead, leaden, full of lead.
- Blunt, dull.
- Heavy, burdensome.
- (poetic) Vile, bad, poor.
- (figuratively) Stupid, stolid.
DeclensionEdit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
SynonymsEdit
- (of or pertaining to lead): plumbārius
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ReferencesEdit
- “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