plumbeus

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From plumbum (lead) +‎ -eus.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

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

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DescendantsEdit

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

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