plumbeus

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

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.

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

Nicerotiana,

Mart. 6, 55, 3.—

plum-bĕa, ae, f., a leaden ball:

ut mortuus ictu plumbeae crederetur,

Spart. Sever. 11, 2. —

Transf.

Leaden, blunt, dull (class.):

plumbeo gladio jugulatus,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

o plumbeum pugionem!

id. Fin. 4, 18, 48.—

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.—

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

nec plumbeus Auster Auctumnusque gravis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 18.—

Trop.

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

si quid peccatum est, plumbeas iras gerunt,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 16.—

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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leaden, made of lead / dull, stupid, heavy, opressive, bad.

ENG Western red-legged thrush

ENG Plumbeous Antvireo

ENG Plumbeous Forest-Falcon

ENG grey tit-flycatcher

ENG lead-coloured bushtit

ENG red-legged thrush

ENG Eastern red-legged thrush

ENG plumbeous vireo

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

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.

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

Nicerotiana,

Mart. 6, 55, 3.—

plum-bĕa, ae, f., a leaden ball:

ut mortuus ictu plumbeae crederetur,

Spart. Sever. 11, 2. —

Transf.

Leaden, blunt, dull (class.):

plumbeo gladio jugulatus,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

o plumbeum pugionem!

id. Fin. 4, 18, 48.—

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.—

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

nec plumbeus Auster Auctumnusque gravis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 18.—

Trop.

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

si quid peccatum est, plumbeas iras gerunt,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 16.—

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.

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

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.

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

Nicerotiana,

Mart. 6, 55, 3.—

plum-bĕa, ae, f., a leaden ball:

ut mortuus ictu plumbeae crederetur,

Spart. Sever. 11, 2. —

Transf.

Leaden, blunt, dull (class.):

plumbeo gladio jugulatus,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2:

o plumbeum pugionem!

id. Fin. 4, 18, 48.—

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.—

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

nec plumbeus Auster Auctumnusque gravis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 18.—

Trop.

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

si quid peccatum est, plumbeas iras gerunt,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 16.—

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.

plumbārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to lead, lead-:

artifices plumbarii,

workers in lead, plumbers, Vitr. 8, 7:

officinae,

plumbers' shops, Plin. 34, 18, 54, § 175:

metallum,

a lead-mine, id. 33, 7, 40, § 119.— Subst.

plumbārĭus, ii, m. (sc. artifex), a plumber; plur., Dig. 50, 6, 6.—

plumbārĭum, ii, n., a place to keep leaden vessels in:

plumbum, plumbeus, plumbarium,

Not. Tir. p. 164.

plumbārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to lead, lead-:

artifices plumbarii,

workers in lead, plumbers, Vitr. 8, 7:

officinae,

plumbers' shops, Plin. 34, 18, 54, § 175:

metallum,

a lead-mine, id. 33, 7, 40, § 119.— Subst.

plumbārĭus, ii, m. (sc. artifex), a plumber; plur., Dig. 50, 6, 6.—

plumbārĭum, ii, n., a place to keep leaden vessels in:

plumbum, plumbeus, plumbarium,

Not. Tir. p. 164.

stīpĕs, ĭtis (collat. form stips, stīpis, Petr. 43, 5), m. [root stip-, = Gr. steph-; v. stipo; Sanscr. sthapa-jami, to cause to stand, to fix, place; cf. stipula].

Lit., a log, stock, post, trunk of a tree, etc. (class.;

syn.: palus, sudes),

Cat. 64, 289; Caes. B. G. 7, 73; id. B. C. 1, 27; Tib. 1, 1, 11 (21); Prop. 4 (5), 2, 18; Ov. M. 8, 451; id. F. 2, 642; 5, 506; Verg. A. 7, 524; Curt. 8, 10, 30; 4, 3, 10:

deligare ad stipitem,

to a stake, Suet. Ner. 29.—As a term of contempt, like our log, stock, post, of a stupid person:

in me quidvis harum rerum convenit, Quae sunt dicta in stultum, caudex, stipes, asinus, plumbeus,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 1, 4:

qui, tamquam truncus atque stipes, si stetisset modo, posset sustinere tamen titulum consulatus,

Cic. Pis. 9, 19; cf. id. Har. Resp. 3, 5; id. ap. Senat. 6, 14; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 126.—

Transf., poet.

A tree, Ov. F. 3, 37; id. de Nuce, 32; Verg. A. 4, 444; Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olybr. 179.—

A branch of a tree, Luc. 9, 820; Mart. 13, 19, 2: candelabri, the main stem of the candlestick, Vulg. Exod. 37, 19.