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plumbum
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Lewis Short
plumbum (noun N) : for mlumbum; Gr. μόλμβος, μόλυβδος
* Lead.
* Lit.
* 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.
* Transf., a defect in the eye (post-Aug.): plumbum (quod est genus vitii) ex oculo tollitur, Plin. 25, 13, 97, § 155.
* A leaden ball or bullet (poet.): Balearica plumbum Funda jacit,Ov. M. 2, 727; Verg. A. 9, 587.
* Leaden pipes (poet.): purior in vicis aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20.
* A scourge with a leaden ball at the end of it (poet.), Prud. στεφ. 10. 116.
* A pencil or ruler: membrana plumbo directa,Cat. 22, 7.
* Lead.
* Lit.
* 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.
* Transf., a defect in the eye (post-Aug.): plumbum (quod est genus vitii) ex oculo tollitur, Plin. 25, 13, 97, § 155.
* A leaden ball or bullet (poet.): Balearica plumbum Funda jacit,Ov. M. 2, 727; Verg. A. 9, 587.
* Leaden pipes (poet.): purior in vicis aqua tendit rumpere plumbum,Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20.
* A scourge with a leaden ball at the end of it (poet.), Prud. στεφ. 10. 116.
* A pencil or ruler: membrana plumbo directa,Cat. 22, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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