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PLU 
_PL.0R.aTI 5 (Id.), onis, f- a wailing, la- 
3 mcnting, lamentation. Augustin. 
PLGRaTOR (Id.), oris, tn. a waiter, la- 
3 mentor. Martial. 
FLORaTOS (Id.), us, m. a wailing, la¬ 
menting, weeping, K\av$p6s. Cic. e So- 
phocle. Ploratum edere. Liv. Omnia 
mulierum ploratibus sonant.. — lienee, 
figur. of the sap of a tree, dropping like 
tears. Plin. 
L0R5 (unc.), as, avi, atum, n. and a. 1. 
to cry, to call out with a cry. Fest. e legg. 
Servii Tullii. Ast olee plorassint. - 
IT Commonly, to wail, lament, cry out, 
weep aloud, moan (for it is more than la- 
crimari), oipd^oi, KXatcj. Senec. Lacri- 
mandum est, non plorandum. Cic. Plo- 
rando fessus sum. Id. Senatum pro 
ine non modo pugnare, sed etiam plo- 
rare et supplic.are. Plant. Jam ego her- 
cle faciam plorantem ilium, nisi te facio 
propitiain. Ilorat. Nil sibi legatum prre- 
ter plorare, h. e. prater ploratum. Id. 
Jubeo te plorare. Also, Tibull, Plorare 
alicui, to weep before one, weep in his 
bosom, shed tears before him. — With 
accus., to wail or weep over, to lament, be¬ 
wail. Ilorat. raptum juvenem. Id. tur- 
pe commissum. Quintil. aliena. — So, 
Ploratus, a, um, wept, lamented, bewailed. 
Ovid. Veneri ploratus Adonis. — With 
accus. and infin. Horat. Ploravere, men¬ 
tis non respondere favorem, they wept, 
grieved, that, &c. — With infin. Ilorat. 
Me tamen objicere incolis plorares 
Aquilonibus, you would weep to expose 
me, could not expose me without weeping. 
’LoSOR, oris. See Plausor. 3 
’LoSTicLLUM (dimin. from plostrum), 
3 i, n. a small wagon, wain or cart. Fair. 
and Horat. 
PLoSTRaRITOS (plostrum), a, um, adj. 
pertaining, belonging to a wagon. Cato. 
asinus. 
PLOSTRUM, i, n. See Plaustrum. 
1’LoSUS, us, m. See Plausus. 
PLOT!US US ’ | See Plauiius - 
PLoXEMUM, PLoXEMOS, PLoXIMOS, 
3 or PLoXENCS, i, is supposed to be a 
box or trunk for a carriage. Caiull. 
PLOIT. See Pino. 
PLuMX'(unc.), te, f. a soft feather, down- 
feather, -riXov; Plum® (and also Plu- 
ma), soft feathers, feathers (when soft 
ones are meant), down. Cic. Animan- 
tes alias pluma, alias squama videmus 
obductas. Id. Plum® versicolores Co¬ 
lumbia. Virg. Mollis pluma. Ovid. 
In plumis delituisse Jovem, h. e. sub for¬ 
ma cycni. Martial. Dormit in pluma, on 
feathers. Juvenal. Pensilibus plumis vehi, 
ft. e. in a litter, spread with a cushion or 
bed stuffed with feathers. Cic. Consules 
pluma, aut folio facilius moventur, more 
easily than a feather. Plaut. Homo levi- 
or quam pluma. Id. Pluma haud inter¬ 
est., there’s not a feather’s difference. - 
IT Figur. the first beard or down upon the 
cheeks. Horat. — The breastplates of 
the ancients were covered with scales, 
which lay upon one another like the 
soft feathers of birds. Thus, Virg. 
Pellis ahenis in plumam squamis auro 
conserta, A. e. after the manner of the 
soft feathers of birds. So, Sallust. In 
modum plum®. These scales are also 
called pluma. Stat. 
PLuMaRIOS (pluma), a,urn, adj. relating 
2 to the soft feathers of birds ; for instance, 
embroidered or wrought with the needle, so 
as to resemble feathers. Hieron. opus. Id. 
ars, A. e. the art of embroidering. — Plu- 
marius, ii, m. an embroiderer. Fitruv. 
PLuMATILTS (Td.), e, adj. embroidered 
3 like feathers; Pluinatile, sc. vestimen- 
tum, an embroidered garment. Plaut. 
PLOMaTOS, a, um, particip. and adj. 
See Plumo. 
PL0.MBa.G 5 (plumbum), inis, f. a land of 
lead ore, poXvft&aina. Plin. -IT Also, 
leadwort, fleawort (Plumbago Europaia 
of L.). Plin. - IT Also, a leaden 
color in gems. Plin. 
PLuMBaRIOS (Id.), a, urn, adj. of or 
2 pertaining to lead, belonging to lead, 
busied with lead, poXvPSiKo;. Plin. 
Plumbari® officinre, plumbers’ shops. Id. 
metalla, lead mines. Fitruv. artifex; 
and Pandect. Plumbarius (absol.), a 
worker in lead, plumber. 
PLOMBaTuRX (pluinbo), re, f. a soldering 
3 or joining with lead, poXbft&woti. Cass. 
a]). Paul, in Pandect. 
PLuMBaTOS, a, um. See Plumbo. 
PLuMBEOS (plumbum), a, um, adj. of 
lead, leaden, poXvSSivos. Lucret. glans. 
So, Spartian. Plumbea, sc. glans or pila. 
Plaut. nummus. Martial. Plumbeus, 
sc. nummus. Plin. vas; and Colum. 
Pluinbeum, sc. vas; and Id. Plumbea, sc. 
vasa. Plin. Publica monumenta plum- 
beis voluminibus confici, ft. e. plum- 
beis laminis in voluinen convolutis. 
Prudent. Plumbeus ictus, blows with a 
scourge, in which was a bullet. Plin. co¬ 
lor, lead color, color such as lead has. - 
II Figur, leaden, oppressive, heavy as lead. 
Plaui. Si quid peccatum est, plumbeas 
iras gerunt. Horat. Plumbeus auster, 
autumnusque gravis.-IT Figur. lead¬ 
en, and so, dull or blunt. Cic. Cluum 
ilium plumbeo gladio jugulatum iri ta¬ 
men diceret, with a leaden sword. Id. 
O plumbeum pugionem (A. c. argumen- 
tum)! — Hence, leaden, dull, heavy, 
without penetration or acuteness, blockish, 
stupid. Cic. Nisi plane in physicis 
plumber sumus. Terent. Caudex, sti¬ 
pes, asinus, plumbeus. — Also, leaden, 
insensible, without feeling. Licin. Crass. 
ap. Sueton. cor.-It Also, bad, poor, 
miserable. Martial, villa. Id. mala 
(apples). 
PL0MB5 (Id.), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to sol- 
2 der with lead, /noAv/JiWoi. Plin. Neque 
argentum ex stanno plumbatur. Cato. 
Modiolos oleaginos facito, et eos circum 
plumbato.-11 Also, to make of lead ; 
ill which sense particip. Plumbatus, a, 
um, made of lead, leaden, only occurs, 
which maybe considered as an adj. Plin. 
sagitta. Frontin. canales. Feget. Plum- 
batre, sc. glandes or pit®, leaden balls. 
PLuMBoSOS (plumbum), a, um, adj. 
2 having much lead mixed with it, full of 
lead. Plin. molybdrena. Id. Fax ejus 
intelligitur plumbosissima. 
PLuMBUM (unc.), i, n. lead, p6Xv0So(. 
Cato. Delia plumbo vincito. Plin. 
Plumbum nigrum, ft. e. lead. Id. al¬ 
bum, or candidum, ft. e. tin. -IT Fig¬ 
ur. lead, h. e. something made of lead. 
Thus, a leaden ball or bullet. Ovid. Ba- 
learica plumbum funda jacit. Firg. 
Et media adversi liquefacto tempora 
plumbo diffidit. — Also, a whip or scourge 
to which such balls were attached. Pru¬ 
dent. Plumbo cervix verberata. — Also, 
a leaden pipe. Horat. Aqua tendit ruin- 
pere plumbum.-IT Also, a defect in 
the eye. Plin. Plumbum (quod est ge¬ 
nus vitii) ex oculo tollitur. 
PLuMeSCS (pluma), is, n. 3. to begin to 
2 have feathers, become fledged, dvanrepo- 
opat. Plin. 
PLuMEOS (Id.), a, um, adj. of down- 
feathers or soft feathers, stuffed or fur¬ 
nished with the same. Cic. Collocemus 
in culcita plumea. Plin. Auribus plu- 
meis eminentibus.-IT Also, downy, 
like down or light feathers, light, delicate. 
Martial. Plumea pondera follis. Arnob. 
Nives plume®. Apul. Plumea et lactea 
cutis. 
PLOMIGER (pluma & gero), era, erum, 
2 adj. bearing feathers. Plin. anser. 
PLuMIPeS (pluma & pes), edis, adj. 
3 feather - footed. Catull. 
PL0M5 (pluma), as, avi, atum, a. and n. 
1. to cover with feathers, feather. Apul. 
se in avem, ft. e. to transform. Cic. in 
Arat. Plumato corpore corvus, feathered. 
Plin. Molli lanugine plumatus. -- 
IT Also, to embroider, and indeed, in 
such a way as to resemble feathers. Fo- 
pisc. Plumandi difficultas. Lucan. 
Pars auro plumata nitet.-IT Also, 
of the scales upon armor, to cover with 
scales, as with down or feathers (see Plu¬ 
ma). Justin. Loric® plumat®, scaly, 
in the manner of the plumage of birds. 
-IT Intrans. to put forth feathers, as¬ 
sume feathers, become fledged. Gell. Pill- 
lis plumantibus. 
PLuMoSuS (Id.), a, um, adj. covered with 
2 soft feathers or feathers, fall of feathers. 
Propert. 
PLuMOLX (dimin. from pluma), re, f. a 
2 little down-feather or feather, nriXiov. 
Colum. 
PLuS (xrAfw, nXvvio), is, plui and pluvi, n. 
672 
and a. 3. to rain, It occurs for the 
most part only in the third person, 
either personally or impersonally. Plaut. 
Pluet hodie, it will rain to-day. Firtr. 
Dum pluit. Cic. Aqua, qu® pluendo cre- 
visset, by rain. — We say, Res, re, or 
rem pluit, it rains such a thing, such i 
thing rains (h. e. comes down in rain). 
Liv. Lacte pluisse, if had rained milk. Id. 
Terra pluisse, it had rained earth. Cic. 
Sanguinem pluisse nuntiatum est. Liv. 
Sanguine pluisse. Id. Terrain pluisse. 
Id. lapidibus. Plin. Effigies, qure pluit, 
which was rained down. -11 Figur. of 
similar things falling like rain. Firg. 
Tantum glandis pluit, it rained such a 
shower of acorns, such a shower of acorns 
fell. Stat. Stridentia fund® saxa plu- 
unt (where fundee may be also nomin.). 
Id. Bellaria adorea pluebant. - 
11 Passively, Pluitur, for pluit. Apul. 
PL05R (pluo), oris, m. rain. Labor, ap. 
3 
PLuRaLIS (plus), e, adj. relating to more 
2 than one, plural, —Xr$vvTiK6s. Quintil. 
numerus, plural number in grammar. 
Id. Plurale, sc. nomen, A. e. in the plural. 
PLuRaLITaS (pluralis), atis, f. the plu¬ 
ral number. Charis. 
PLuRaLITER (Id.), adv. in the plural 
2 number, plurally. Quintil. 
PLCRaTIVOS (plus), a, um, adj. plural. 
3 Gell. numerus. Id. Hujus (h. e. ego) 
plurativum est nos, h. e. is the plural. 
PLURES. See Plus. 
PLuRIeS (plus), adv. often, oftentimes, 
several times, irnXXdKis. Ccp.s. 
PLuRIFARlAM (plures & the termina- 
2 tion fariam), adv. in many places or parts, 
nXeuTTaias, iroXXaxov. Sueton. Italiam 
operibus ac vectigalibus publieis plurifa- 
riam instruxit. Id. Cubicula plurifari- 
am disposita.-IT Also, in many ways, 
in several ways, manifoldly. Apul. 
PLuRIFoRMIS (plures & forma), e, adj. 
3 having many forms, manifold. Apul. 
PLuRILXTEROS (plures & latus), a 
3 um, adj. having more sides. Frontin. 
PL0RIM0S, a, um. See Mult us. 
PL0RIV5C0S (plus & voco), a, um, adj. 
3 having more or many significations ; dis¬ 
tinguished from tequivocus and univocus. 
Martian. Capell. 
PLuS, pluris. See Mnltus. 
PLuSCOLOS (dimin. from plus), a, um, 
adj. somewhat more, a little more, also, 
somewhat much or many. Terent. Plus- 
cula supellectile opus est, a little more. 
Colum. Plusculo sale utendum erit. 
Apul. Similes alias plusculas (noctes), 
several others. -11 Mcutr. Pluscu- 
lum, as a subst. Cic. Cans®, in quibns 
plusculum negotii est, somewhat more 
trouble, or not a little trouble. Id. Plus¬ 
culum etiam, quam concedit veritas, 
amori nostro largiare, something more, 
than, &c. — As an adv. Plaut. Mira 
sunt, nisi invitavit se se in crena plus¬ 
culum. Id. Negotium fait plusculum 
(sc. quam) annum haud probe, ft. e. 
somewhat more than a year. 
PLuSIMOS, anciently for Plurimus. Farr. 
PLuTaRCHGS, i, m. Plutarch, a Greek 
writer in the time of the emperor Trajan. 
PLOTECS, i, m. and PLuTEUM, i, n. ap¬ 
pears to be all that is joined together of 
boards or other things, to make a cover or 
defence. -IT A pent-house of boards, 
used in sieges, by which the besiegers at 
their work were screened from the missiles 
of the enemy. Cas. B. C. 2, 9. — Hence, 
figur. Plaut. Mil. 2,2, 111. Adeumvine- 
as pluteosque agam.- IT A kind of 
movable breastwork, parapet or fence 
(made, for instance, of osiers covered 
with hides, &c.), behind winch the besieg¬ 
ers of a town made their approaches ; or 
also, a breastwork, parapet, &c. raised 
upon a tower, a wall, &c. Feget. de re 
milit. 4, 15. Cas. B. C. 2, 15; 1, 25; 
3,24; B. G. 7,25,41. In like manner, 
Liv. 10, 38. Locus est conseptus crati- 
bus pluteisque, with boards (Fest. says, 
the boards with which any thing is in¬ 
closed, are called plutei). - H The 
guard-board, back-board, back, of a bench 
or couch. Sueton. Calig. 26. Coenanti 
modo ad pluteum, modo ad pedes stare 
So, Propert. Plutei fulcra, ft. e. lecti tri- 
cliniaris. - IT The guard of a bed, 
h. e. the back-board on the opposite side 
