plumbum

Latin > English

plumbum plumbi N N :: lead; [plumbum album => tin]

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

plumbum: i, n. for mlumbum; Gr. μόλμβος, μόλυβδος,
I lead.
I Lit.
   A 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.—
   B In partic.
   1    A leaden ball or bullet (poet.): Balearica plumbum Funda jacit, Ov. M. 2, 727; Verg. A. 9, 587.—
   2    Leaden pipes (poet.): purior in vicis aqua tendit rumpere plumbum, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20.—
   3    A scourge with a leaden ball at the end of it (poet.), Prud. στεφ. 10. 116.—
   4    A pencil or ruler: membrana plumbo directa, Cat. 22, 7.—
II Transf., a defect in the eye (post-Aug.): plumbum (quod est genus vitii) ex oculo tollitur, Plin. 25, 13, 97, § 155.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

plumbum,¹¹ ī, n.,
1 plomb [métal] Cato Agr. 39 ; album Cæs. G. 5, 12, 5, étain || balle de plomb [lancée par la fronde] : Virg. En. 9, 587 || martinet garni de plomb : Prud. Perist. 10, 116 || tuyau de plomb : Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 20
2 tache dans l’œil : Plin. 25, 155.

Latin > German (Georges)

plumbum, ī, n. = μόλυβδος, das Blei, I) eig. u. meton.: A) eig.: pl. nigrum, Blei, Plin.: pl. album, Zinn, Caes. u. Plin.: dass. pl. candidum, Plin.: decem librae plumbi, Lampr.: dolia plumbo vincire, Cato. – B) meton.: 1) Bleikugel, Verg. u. Ov. – 2) Bleikugel-Geißel, Prud. perist. 10, 117. – 3) Bleiröhre, Hor. ep. 1, 10, 20. – 4) Bleifeder, membrana plumbo directa (liniert), Catull. 22, 8 sq. – II) übtr., ein Fehler im Auge, Plin. 25, 155.