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|lshtext=<b>lūbrĭcus</b>: a, um, adj. Gr. [[λιτός]], [[λισσός]], [[smooth]]; from [[root]] γλιτ; cf. [[γλίσχρος]], glittus, and [[ὀλιβρός]], [[slippery]],<br /><b>I</b> [[slippery]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Slippery, [[smooth]], Mart. 9, 58, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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, id. 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Slippery, [[deceitful]]: [[nequiquam]] patrias tentasti [[lubricus]] artes, Verg. A. 11, 716.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Prone, inclined, [[ready]]: flore capi juvenum lubrica mentem [[nympha]], Sil. 5, 18: [[aetas]] ad [[vitium]], Ambros. de Interp. Job et Dav. 1, 7, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> 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.
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|gf=<b>lūbrĭcus</b>,¹⁰ a, um,<br /><b>1</b> glissant : Pl. Mil. 852 ; Liv. 44, 9, 9 ; Mart. 4, 18, 2 || lisse, [[uni]] : Mart. 9, 58, 3<br /><b>2</b> qui glisse facilement, mobile : Cic. Nat. 2, 142 ; Virg. En. 5, 84<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] glissant, incertain, dangereux, hasardeux : Cic. Fl. 105 ; Rep. 1, 44 ; [avec inf.] Hor. O. 1, 19, 8 || qui glisse, fuyant : Quint. 9, 4, 129 ; Ov. Ars 3, 364 || décevant, trompeur : Virg. En. 11, 716 || disposé, prêt à : [avec inf. pass.] Sil. 5, 18 || chancelant, qui trébuche facilement : Tac. Ann. 13, 2.
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