Plumbum, plumbi, n. g. Plin. Lead.Liquidum plumbum. Hora. Lead melted.Vitiatum plumbum.Ouid. Plumbum.Ouid.A plummet or ball of Lead: a pellet of lead.Vuluisicum plumbum.Val. Flac. Plumbum, Genus vitij in oculis. Plin. A disease in the eie.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
plumbum, i, n. [for mlumbum; Gr. mo/lmbos, mo/lubdos], 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. stef. 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.