plumbeus

== Latin == === Etymology === From plumbum (“lead”) + -eus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫʊm.be.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplum.be.us] === Adjective === plumbeus (feminine plumbea, neuter plumbeum); first/second-declension adjective Of or pertaining to lead. Made of lead, leaden, full of lead. Blunt, dull. Heavy, burdensome. (poetic) Vile, bad, poor. (figuratively) Stupid, stolid. Having the color of lead. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== (of or pertaining to lead): plumbārius ==== Derived terms ==== plumbea plumbeum ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: plumbeo → Portuguese: plúmbeo → Spanish: plúmbeo === See also === === References === “plumbeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “plumbeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “plumbeus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.