lubrico

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lūbrĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lubricus], to make smooth or slippery, to lubricate (postclass.).

I Lit.: qui Lacedaemonium pytismate lubricat orbem, Juv. 11, 175: lubricatus lapis, Arn. 1, 22; Prud. στεφ. 11, 38.—

II To be slippery , Vulg. Thren. 4, 18: limo caenoso ripae supercilio lubricante, Ap. Met. 7, 18, 7.—

III Trop.: lubricatus, anointed , Prud. Psych. 571.

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