lubricus

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

lūbricus adj.

GLA-, slippery : fastigium, L.: terga (colubri), V.: conchylia, slimy , H.—Plur n . as subst: per lubrica surgens, slippery ground , V.— Easily moved, sliding, gliding : (natura) lubricos oculos fecit: anguis, V.: amnis, gliding , O.—Fig., slippery, uncertain, hazardous, dangerous, critical : via (vitae): cupiditas dominandi: defensionis ratio: annus, fleeting , O.: patrias tentasti lubricus artīs, tricky , V.: Voltus nimium lubricus adspici, seductive , H.—As subst n. : in lubrico versari, in danger .

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