(adj.Subst.) : 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. στεφ. 10, 122.—Subst.
* Plum-bĕum, i, n., a leaden vessel, Cato, R. R. 105: Nicerotiana,Mart. 6, 55, 3.
* Trop.
* 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.
* 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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