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
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..."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..."