plumbeus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →plumbeus, plumbea, plumbeum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
leaden; blunt, dull; heavy; stupid; lead-colored (Cal);
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...improbo, Quoi homini hodie peculi nummus non est plumbeus. CLE. Mirum ecastor te senecta aetate officium tuom..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...quae sunt dicta in stulto, caudex stipes asinu' plumbeus; in illum nil potest: exsuperat ei(u)s stultitia..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...musaque pedestri? nec mala me ambitio perdit nec plumbeus auster autumnusque gravis, Libitinae quaestus acerbae. Matutine pater..."