lubrico
πενία μόνα τὰς τέχνας ἐγείρει → poverty alone promotes skilled work, necessity is the mother of invention, necessity is the mother of all invention, poverty is the mother of invention, out of necessity comes invention, out of necessity came invention, frugality is the mother of invention
Latin > English
lubrico lubricare, lubricavi, lubricatus V TRANS :: make slippery; slip (especially morally) (Souter); render uncertain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lūbrĭco: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. lubricus,
I 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, App. M. 7, 18 (p. 481), 196, 3.—
III Trop.: lubricatus, anointed, Prud. Psych. 571.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lūbrĭcō,¹⁶ āvī, ātum, āre (lubricus), tr., rendre glissant : Juv. 11, 173 ; Apul. M. 7, 18 || [fig.] rendre vacillant, instable : Prud. Psych. 571.
Latin > German (Georges)
lūbrico, āvī, ātum, āre (lubricus), schlüpfrig-, glatt machen, Iuven. 11, 175 u. Spät. – übtr., Prud. psych. 571.
