plumbeis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →plumbeus, plumbea, plumbeum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
leaden; blunt, dull; heavy; stupid; lead-colored (Cal);
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
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Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...ipsum illud in quod exercent, ut athletae ponderibus plumbeis adsuefaciunt manus, quibus vacuis et nudis in certamine utendum..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...corporum reliquiae, carmina et devotiones et nomen Germanici plumbeis tabulis insculptum, semusti cineres ac tabo obliti aliaque malefica..."