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plumbĕus , a, um, adj. plumbum,
I.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. στεφ. 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.
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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 1.16.2
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 4.2
    • Suetonius, Nero, 2
    • Horace, Satires, 2.6.18
    • Plautus, Casina, 2.3
    • Plautus, Mostellaria, 4.2
    • Plautus, Poenulus, 3.6
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.306
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 4.18
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.29
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