lābĭlis, e, adj. [1. labor], (post-class. for caducus, infirmus, debilis).
I Slipping, gliding, prone to slip or slide .
A Lit.: humus rivis operta sanguineis, gressus labiles evertebat, Amm. 31, 13, 6; Arnob. 2, 59.—
B Trop., fleeting, gliding, prone, transient, perishable : in vitia labiles animae, Arnob. 2, 45: dulcedo, id. 7, 4 init. —
II Causing to slip, slippery : limus, Amm. 27, 10, 11: humus, id. 15, 10, 5.—Hence. lābĭlĭter , adv., waveringly , Aug. Gen. ad Litt. B. 3.