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
- Of or pertaining to lead.
- Made of lead, leaden, full of lead.
- Blunt, dull.
- Heavy, burdensome.
- (poetic) Vile, bad, poor.
- (figuratively) Stupid, stolid.
- 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
Related terms
Descendants
See also
| 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.