I.lead.
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: “dolia plumbo vincito,” Cato, R. R. 39: “plumbum album,” tin, Lucr. 6, 1079; Caes. B. G. 5, 12; “called also candidum,” Plin. 34, 16, 47, § 157; “but plumbum nigrum,” lead, id. 34, 16, 47, § 159.—
B. In partic.
1. A leaden ball or bullet (poet.): “Balearica plumbum Funda jacit,” Ov. M. 2, 727; Verg. A. 9, 587.—
3. A scourge with a leaden ball at the end of it (poet.), Prud. στεφ. 10. 116.—
4. A pencil or ruler: “membrana plumbo directa,” Cat. 22, 7.—
II. Transf., a defect in the eye (post-Aug.): plumbum (quod est genus vitii) ex oculo tollitur, Plin. 25, 13, 97, § 155.