Lúbricum, lùbrici, pen. cor. n. g. Substantiuum. Slippernesse vtLubricum itinerum. Tac. Slippernesse of waies.Aeratis lubricum. Plin iun. Paludum lubricum. Tac. The slipperie slime of.Angusta & lubrica viarum. Ta. Narrow and slipperie waies.Adolescenriæ lubricum.Tacit.The vnconstancie and slippernesse of youth.
Lubricus, pen. cor. Adiect. vt Lubricus locus. Cic.Slipper: wauering: mutable: variable: deceitfull: also readie to slippe or slide.Semita lubrica. Sil. Terra lubrica. Tibul. Via lubrica. Propert. A slippery way.Lubricus anguis. Virgil. A slipperie snake that one can not holde.Amnis lubricus.Ouid. Conchylia lubrica. Horat. Oculi dicti sunt lubrici. Ci. Stirring & quiche moouing eies.Natura oculos fecit lubricos & mobiles. Cie. Ora lubrica tabo.Stat.Lubrica terga.Virg.Lubricam adolescentiam, per translationem vocamus. Cice. Slipperie yong age wherein one may quicklie offende and doe amisse. Lubricus. Virg Variable: deceitfull: vncertaine.Obseruatio lubrica. Quint. An vncertaine and fallible obsernation.Vmbra lubrica.Ouid. Lubricus assensus.Cic.Inconstant and variable assenting or agreeing to a thing. Lubricus locus.A stipperie place: also a matter daungerous or heard to intreat or speake of.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
lūbrĭcus, a, um, adj. [Gr. lito/s, lisso/s, smooth; from root glit; cf. gli/sxros, glittus, and o)libro/s, slippery], slippery. I.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.—B.Transf.1.Slippery, smooth, Mart. 9, 58, 3.—2.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,
, id. Am. 3, 6, 81.—II.Trop.A.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.—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. —C.Slippery, deceitful: nequiquam patrias tentasti lubricus artes, Verg. A. 11, 716.—D.Prone, inclined, ready: flore capi juvenum lubrica mentem nympha, Sil. 5, 18: aetas ad vitium, Ambros. de Interp. Job et Dav. 1, 7, 21.—E.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.