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plumbum , i, n. for mlumbum; Gr. μόλμβος, μόλυβδος,
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.—
2. Leaden pipes (poet.): “purior in vicis aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,” Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20.—
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 5.12
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.727
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 9.587
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.1079
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