plumbeum

plumbĕus, a, um, adj. [plumbum], of or belonging to lead, made of lead, leaden, lead-.

I.

Lit.:

plumbea glans,

Lucr. 6, 306:

pistillum,

Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 169:

vas,

id. 33, 6, 35, § 109: ictus, blows given with a scourge to which a leaden ball is attached, Prud. steph. 10, 122.—Subst.

1.

plum-bĕum, i, n., a leaden vessel, Cato, R. R. 105:

Nicerotiana,

Mart. 6, 55, 3.—

2.

plum-bĕa, ae, f., a leaden ball:

ut mortuus ictu plumbeae crederetur,

Spart. Sever. 11, 2. —

B.

Transf.

1.

Leaden, blunt, dull (class.):

plumbeo gladio jugulatus,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

o plumbeum pugionem!

id. Fin. 4, 18, 48.—

2.

Leaden, bad, vile, poor, worthless ( poet. ):

nummus,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 40; id. Trin. 4, 2, 120: faber, qui cudere soles plumbeos nummos, to coin leaden money, i. e. bad jokes, id. Most. 4, 2, 11; so, plumbei, as subst. (sc. nummi), Mart. 10, 74, 4:

vina,

Mart. 10, 49, 5:

mala,

id. 10, 94, 4:

carmina,

Aus. Ep. 6, 1.—

3.

Leaden, i. e. heavy, oppressive, burdensome ( poet. ):

nec plumbeus Auster Auctumnusque gravis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 18.—

II.

Trop.

A.

Leaden, i. e. heavy, weighty (ante-class.):

si quid peccatum est, plumbeas iras gerunt,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 16.—

B.

Leaden, dull, stupid, stolid (class.):

caudex, stipes, asinus, plumbeus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4:

nisi plane in physicis plumbei sumus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71: cor, without feeling, Licin. ap. Suet. Ner. 2.