• FRAIL

1. fiscina (a basket made of rushes, Spanish broom, brambles, etc., for fruit, making cheese, etc., Cic. and Verg., etc.).

2. adj., fragilis: fluxus (inconstant; anything that can not be depended upon). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fluxus et fragilis: caducus (litterally, inclined or fated to fall; hence perishable in its nature). (The words are found in this connection and order.) fragilis caducusque: fugax (easily or quickly passing by): brevis (short): imbecillus (that is deficient in strength; a later form is imbecillis): infirmus (that has no stability and duration): caducus et infirmus (e.g., corpus): debilis (weak from disease): (multis) erroribus obnoxius: ad vitia proclivis or propensus (morally frail; ☞ Cic., Tusc., 37, fin.).