plumbeus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From plumbum (“lead”) + -eus.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈplum.be.us/, [ˈpɫ̪ʊmbeʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplum.be.us/, [ˈplumbeus]
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- (of or pertaining to lead): plumbārius
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]| 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
[edit]- “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.