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(adjective) : lūbrĭcus, a, um, Gr. λιτός, λισσός, smooth; from root γλιτ; cf. γλίσχρος, glittus, and ὀλιβρός, slippery
* Slippery.
* Lit.: loculi,Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 38: testudini injecta imbris in modum lubrico fastigio innoxia ad imum labebantur,Liv. 44, 9, 9: assiduo lubricus imbre lapis,Mart. 4, 18, 2.— Subst.: lūbrĭcum, i, n., a slippery place, Cels. 8, 3: in lubrico atque instabili fundamenta,Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 95.—With gen.: equi lubrico paludum lapsantes, on the slippery morass, Tac. A. 1, 65.
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* That easily slips, glides, or moves away, slippery, slimy, lubricous: natura lubricos oculos fecit,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: anguis,Verg. A. 5, 84: exta,Tib. 2, 5, 14: amnis,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 81: pisces,Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73: conchylia,slimy,Hor. S. 2, 4, 30: corpus,Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7: lubrica prensantes effugit umbra manus,Ov. F. 5, 476: amnis,gliding,id. Am. 3, 6, 81.
* Slippery, uncertain, hazardous, dangerous, critical (class.): via vitae praeceps et lubrica,Cic. Fl. 42, 105; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28: viae lubricae adulescentiae,id. Cael. 17, 41: aetas puerilis maxime lubrica atque incerta,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 137: cupiditas dominandi praeceps et lubrica,id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: lubrica defensionis ratio,id. Planc. 2, 5: observatio,Quint. 1, 5, 5: locus,Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 35: geometriam dico ... et si qua alia propter subtilitatem lubrica sunt,Sen. Ben. 3, 5, 1.—Poet., with inf.: vultus nimium lubricus aspici,seductive,Hor. C. 1, 19, 8. —Subst.: lūbrĭcum, i, n., a slippery or hazardous state, period, or season: in lubrico versari,Cic. Or. 28, 98: lubricum aetatis,Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 4: lubricum linguae,Dig. 48, 4, 7, § 3.
* Gliding, fleeting: historia lubrica est hac atque illac fluit, ut homines, qui manibus invicem adprehensis gradum firmant, continent et continentur,passing from one subject to another,Quint. 9, 4, 129: annus,fleeting,Ov. A. A. 3, 364.
* Slippery, deceitful: nequiquam patrias tentasti lubricus artes,Verg. A. 11, 716.
* Prone, inclined, ready: flore capi juvenum lubrica mentem nympha,Sil. 5, 18: aetas ad vitium, Ambros. de Interp. Job et Dav. 1, 7, 21.
* Unsteady, unsettled, easily going astray: si qua in parte lubricum adulescentiae nostrae declinat,Tac. A. 14, 56: lubricam principis aetatem retinere,id. ib. 13, 2.
* Slippery.
* Lit.: loculi,Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 38: testudini injecta imbris in modum lubrico fastigio innoxia ad imum labebantur,Liv. 44, 9, 9: assiduo lubricus imbre lapis,Mart. 4, 18, 2.— Subst.: lūbrĭcum, i, n., a slippery place, Cels. 8, 3: in lubrico atque instabili fundamenta,Plin. 36, 14, 21, § 95.—With gen.: equi lubrico paludum lapsantes, on the slippery morass, Tac. A. 1, 65.
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* That easily slips, glides, or moves away, slippery, slimy, lubricous: natura lubricos oculos fecit,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 142: anguis,Verg. A. 5, 84: exta,Tib. 2, 5, 14: amnis,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 81: pisces,Plin. 9, 20, 37, § 73: conchylia,slimy,Hor. S. 2, 4, 30: corpus,Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7: lubrica prensantes effugit umbra manus,Ov. F. 5, 476: amnis,gliding,id. Am. 3, 6, 81.
* Slippery, uncertain, hazardous, dangerous, critical (class.): via vitae praeceps et lubrica,Cic. Fl. 42, 105; cf. id. Rep. 1, 28: viae lubricae adulescentiae,id. Cael. 17, 41: aetas puerilis maxime lubrica atque incerta,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 52, § 137: cupiditas dominandi praeceps et lubrica,id. Phil. 5, 18, 50: lubrica defensionis ratio,id. Planc. 2, 5: observatio,Quint. 1, 5, 5: locus,Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 35: geometriam dico ... et si qua alia propter subtilitatem lubrica sunt,Sen. Ben. 3, 5, 1.—Poet., with inf.: vultus nimium lubricus aspici,seductive,Hor. C. 1, 19, 8. —Subst.: lūbrĭcum, i, n., a slippery or hazardous state, period, or season: in lubrico versari,Cic. Or. 28, 98: lubricum aetatis,Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 4: lubricum linguae,Dig. 48, 4, 7, § 3.
* Gliding, fleeting: historia lubrica est hac atque illac fluit, ut homines, qui manibus invicem adprehensis gradum firmant, continent et continentur,passing from one subject to another,Quint. 9, 4, 129: annus,fleeting,Ov. A. A. 3, 364.
* Slippery, deceitful: nequiquam patrias tentasti lubricus artes,Verg. A. 11, 716.
* Prone, inclined, ready: flore capi juvenum lubrica mentem nympha,Sil. 5, 18: aetas ad vitium, Ambros. de Interp. Job et Dav. 1, 7, 21.
* Unsteady, unsettled, easily going astray: si qua in parte lubricum adulescentiae nostrae declinat,Tac. A. 14, 56: lubricam principis aetatem retinere,id. ib. 13, 2.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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