plumbo

plumbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [plumbum].

• 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 (post-Aug.): 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.