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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

plumbo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id..
I To lead, to solder with lead (ante-class. and post-Aug.): modiolos indet et plumbet, Cato, R. R. 21: argentum, Plin. 34, 17, 48, § 161: scyphum alieno plumbo, Dig. 41, 1, 27.—
II To make a thing of lead; hence, plumbātus, a, um, Part., leaden (postAug.): plumbatae sagittae, Plin. 10, 33, 50, § 97: jacula, Sol. 3, 3: canales, Front. Aquaed. 124: tabulae, Val. Max. 3, 7, n. 2. —
   B Subst.: plumbātae, ārum, f.
   1    Leaden balls, Veg. Mil. 1, 17.—
   2    Scourges to which leaden balls are attached: plumbatarum ictus, Cod. Th. 9, 35, 2.