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plumbum , ī, n.: lead, 5.405; a leaden bullet, 9.588.

plumbum, i, n. [for mlumbum; Gr. μόλμβος, μόλυβδος], 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.

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.

1 plumbum [CL], plumbus [LL] 1 lead (also spec. as nigrum); b (w. ref. to baseness or heaviness); c (dist. acc. use, sts. w. ref. to piece or sheet of lead). 1243 de karrata blumbi, unum denarium Pat 53m. 10; ad cymbala facienda ‥ sexta pars metalli sit stannum purificatum a ~o Odington 85; ~um quoddam genus metalli est Alph. 151; hoc ~um, A. lede WW; ~um, a chymicis tribuitur Saturno, et ejus nomine appellatur est corpus metallicum, lividum, terreum, ponderosum, parva participans albedine, multum habet de substantia terrea, et in stannum per lavationem vertitur. quo patet stannum esse perfectius ~o. ~um plus habet de substantia sulphuris fixi ad compositionem suam, quam Jupiter, id est stannum LC 257b; ~um nigrum, molybdon, excoquitur vel ex galena vel ex pyrite fit LC 288a.. b sum gravior plumbo: scopulorum pondera vergo Aldh. Aen. 100 (Creatura) 40; ~um tanto vilius est quanto pretiosius esset si aurum esset Anselm (Mon. 15) I 29; potest et per ~um intelligi peccatum Neckam NR II 154 p. 239; terribile est ‥ honus peccati quia ~o comparatur T. Chobham Praed. 98. c cujus clipeum vij coria boum ferro ac ~o consuta tegebant Lib. Monstr. I 51; ablata harundine ~i lamminis eam [ecclesiam] totam ‥ cooperire curavit Bede HE III 25 p. 181; perpendiculum, modica petra de ~o qua licant in filo quando edificant parietes Gl. Leid. 13. 40; fastigavit [ecclesiam] in summum parietes cemento, tectum ~o reficiens W. Malm. Wulfst. III 10 (v. fastigare 2a); subtrahe ~um suppositum vitro, jam nulla resultabit imago inspicientis Neckam NR II 154 p. 239; duo sarcofaga de plumpo inventa fuerunt ‥ plena ossibus; ‥ dentur leprosis PlCrGlouc 106; hoc modo preparantur ~i ad plumbationes ollarum Gilb. VII 351. 2; 1258 ad fundendum ~um ad ligaturas turris Ac. Build. Hen. III 184; 1311 in j pecia plombi empta pro plumbo emend’ xx d. MinAc 875/7; 1314 invenit quamdam [sic] partem sigilli de ~o controfacti sigillo ‥ regis SelCKB IV 58; inter tabulam et laminam de ~o fiat fricacio Gad. 126. 1. 2 a (~um album or alba ~i) white lead, ceruse. b (~um arsenicum) lead monoxide, litharge. c (~um arsum) ? smelted lead. d (~um azur’) ‘blue lead’, galena. e (~um candidum or argentarium) tin, (alch., ~um candidum nostrum) ? white lead, ceruse. f (~um cinereum or cinis ~i) bismuth. g (~um fertile) argentiferous lead, lead with admixture of silver. h (~um philosophorum) a derivative of antimony. i (~um rubeum or rubrum) red (oxide of) lead, minium. j (dist. from minium). k (~um sterile) pure lead, lead with no admixture. l (~um ustum) lead sulphide, (also understood as) litharge. a in iiij libr’ albi ~i emptis Ac. Beaulieu 242; 1277 Roberto de Hakeneye speciario pro vj lib. rub’ plumbi xv d. ‥ eidem ‥ pro albo ~o KR Ac 467/6/2; 1289 in albo ~o ‥ viridi oleo plumbo rubeo stangno albo ‥ emptis ad viridand’ novam cameram de petra et ad emendaciones picture mangne camere KR Ac 467/19 m. 3; 1296 in xj libris ~i rubei et albi emptis de R. de Ponte Ac. Galley Newcastle 179; 1342 pro dim. lib. azure ij s. pro cole j d. [pro] dim. lib. plumbi rubei iiij d. pro dim. lib. ~i albi iiij d. (AcWardr) KR Ac 389/14 m. 2; cerusa, i. album ~um vel flos plumbi sive gerse appelletur Alph. 37; 1472 pro necessariis ad picturam magni campanilis, viz. ‥ vj lb’ plumbi rubei ‥ blaunche plome ‥ vij lb’ et di’ ~i albi Fabr. York 77. b spuma argenti ‥ ex arsenico ~o fit Alph. 180. c 1198 et Roberto clerico xvj s. et j d. pro ccc et xxv li. de arso misso regi per breve ejusdem Pipe 167. d 1301 de minera ~i azur’ (v. albus 5c). e 1622 ~um argentarium, A. tynn HCA Act Bk. 29/624; ~um candidum, improprie stannum dicitur, et non sunt idem. ~um candidum nostrum, nigro plumbo est purius et perfectius quiddam. conflatur apud nos, ut plumbum nigrum, tum ex pyrite, tum ex galena. Plinius et Caesar candidum ~um in Britannia provenire testantur LC 288a.. f 1254 de cinere blumbi vj s. viij d. DCCant. Register/H f. 178; ~um cinereum est quasi sui generis metallum. nobilius quiddam est plumbo, deterius argento, et est quasi medium inter species plumbi et argenti. metallum unde conflatur, est simile galenae, unde coquitur plumbum nigrum, sed a galena differt in illo, quod inficit manus tractantis nigrore, nisi plane sit solidum LC 287b.. g 1323 ~um fertile (v. fertilis 3). h ~um philosophorum est ex antimonio tractum LC 259a.. i 1277 pro vj lib. rub’ ~i (v. 2a supra); 1289 in ‥ ~o rubeo (v. 2a supra); 1296 in una libra ~i rubei Ac. Galley Newcastle 179; 1466 pro expensis Dedrici Gunnare laborantis circa purgacionem ‥ bombardorum et artillarie ‥ nec non oleo lingeti, ~o rubeo, canubio ExchScot 422; oleum inde extrahitur coloris aurei aut huic simile ex nostro subtili rubro ~o Ripley Axiom. 111; hoc est nostrum adrop, uzifur atque ~um rubeum Ib. 114; 1472 pro necessariis ad picturam magni campanilis, viz. ‥ ij lb. blew ynde, ij lb. vermeyon, vj lb ~i rubei, fresed leder, ij lb. ocor Fabr. York 77. j dum vertatur in minium et ~um rubeum Ripley 196. k 1302 fornellario fundenti nigrum opus et ~um sterile KR Ac 260/22 m. 6; c1350 ~um sterile, id est plumbum purum sine argento vel alio metallo RBExch 1009. l elicmas, i. ~um ustum ces innule Gl. Laud. 577; molebda, i. ~um ustum Ib. 961; merdasengi, i. litargiri, secundum alios ~um ustum ablutum SB 29; ~um ustum, i. cerusa secundum quosdam SB 35; alconnium, adaras, coro marina idem secundum nos, secundum alios alconnium est ~um ustum, vel quedam avis marina, vel quedam superfluitas arboris in mari crescentis Alph. 7. 3 artefact made of or with lead: a leaden vessel or ? vessel for melting of lead, crucible. b vessel (made of material other than lead). c leaden seal. d plummet, lead-weight, plumb-bob. e lead-pen. a huic manerio pertinent xiij salinae in Wich et xiij salinarii ‥ ibi sunt vj ~i DB I 172b; cum ‥ nutrix infantem in ~o balnearet ‥ Mir. Wulfst. I 8; c1160 adhuc in curia illa sunt ‥ iiij tunelle et ij ~i super fornaces et ij tine Dom. S. Paul. 131; ibi est ‥ unum ~um super fornacem Ib. 132; c1170 Willelmus Maubanc dedit S. Werburge Cestrie quatuor ~os salis in Wico in salina S. Werburge Cart. Chester 325 p. 215; 1184 pro j ~o et ij caldariis et vj patellis ‥ ad coquinam Pipe 70; 1234 quod faciat in coquina ‥ regis ‥ duos ~os, unum qui contineat xij tinatas aque et alterum continentem xviij Cl 405; 1337 in j ~o empto super quod caseus efficitur (Ac. Milton) DCCant.; 1388 duo ~a posita in fornaci precii decem solidorum Pat 326 m. 34; c1440 unum ~um in deiria ‥ duo ~ia in pandoxatria DC S. Paul. p. 38a. b 1373 in emendacione unius ~i erei in bracina Ac. Durh. 577. c 1177 nuntii vestri a Romana curia redierunt, exonerati quidem argento, onerati ~o P. Blois Ep. 41. 121C; hoc privilegium non habemus sub ~o sed transcriptum in textu Adriani et in pluribus aliis locis Thorne 1770; optinuit licenciam a papa ‥ sub ~o Gascoigne Loci 130; 1450 primo, littera dispensacionis Archibaldi de Douglas sub ~o Pri. Cold. 236; 1454 bullam papalem ‥ sub ~o signatam ‥ committi faciatis Lit. Cant. III 216. d 1295 item in duabus cordulis ad ~os qui dicuntur sundingelend’ emptis ‥ item in duobus ~is qui dicuntur sundingeleden vj d., prec’ ~i iij d. KR Ac 571/1; 1371 in convencione facta ‥ pro j novo cloke operando cum toto apparatu preter ~um et campanam Fabr. York 10; 1399 item ‥ ~i ponderantis xiij pro velo quadragesimali item ij plumes pro orilogio ponderantes xxij petras Ib. 19; 1521 ij candelabra super altare; iiij ~i super altare Ib. 278. e scriptor ‥ ~um [gl.: plum, plumet] ‥ habeat et lineam Neckam Ut. 116.

2 plumbum v. plumum

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 lʼœil : Plin. 25, 155.

plumbum, ī n

1. lood [album tin];
2. (poët.) (meton.) voorwerp v. lood, o.a.: (a) loden kogel; (b) loden buis; (c) potlood.

plumbum , i. n.
鉛。鉛器。目疾類。— album vel candidum 錫。

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, Inter suppellectilem domesticam recensent Leges Burgorum Scoticor. cap. 125. § 1 : Habebit ad domum suam ista utensilia, videlicet mensam meliorem, mappam,..... lectum plumalem, melius Plumbum, cum le maskfat, cupam, barrellum, etc. Haud scio an pro perpendiculo hic usurpetur ; certe ea notione occurrit in Statutis antiquis Cartusianorum part. 2. cap. 16. Vide Cornu 3. Eodem significatu nostri Plommet usurparunt, ut auctor est Borellus. , Macula coloris plumbei. Gloss. Isid. Vide Bulla.

, Ponderis species, nostris etiam Plonc, eadem notione. Charta Henr. reg. Angl. Reg. 155. Chartoph. reg. ch. 375 : Confirmo abbatiæ S. Mariæ sanctique Laurentii de Belbec.... redditum Plumborum trium salinarum et residuum Plumborum apud Buteilas. Ordinat. ann. 1330. in Reg. B. Cam. Comput. Paris. fol. 6. v° : Que li ouvriers puissent faire demi marc de cizaille, plus de Plonc de vingt mars et un freton. Vide supra Plumbata 2.

plumbum ī, n

cf. μόλυβδος, lead: album, tin, Cs.: plumbum Funda iacit, a leaden ball, O.: liquefacto tempora plumbo diffidit, moulded bullet, V.: aqua tendit rumpere plumbum, the pipe, H.: membrana derecta plumbo, a pencil, Ct.

Plumbum

(μόλυβδος). Lead. (See metallum.) The name is applied to (a) a water-pipe (see fistula); (b) a bullet (see Glans); (c) the lumps on the lash of a whip (see flagrum); (d) a plummet of lead for drawing lines; a lead pencil (Catull. 22, 8). See Beckmann, Hist. of Inventions, ii. p. 389 (London, 1846); and Thompson, Greek and Latin Palaeography, p. 53 (London, 1893).

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