INSECURE Copy link • INSECURENot to be passed without danger (e.g., road), infestus. To render insecure, infestum reddere or habere (general term): infestare latrociniis (to render unsafe by robberies; e.g., a district, etc.): infestare latrociniis ac praedationibus (by piracy; e.g., the sea): to be insecure, infestari latrociniis (of high roads, etc.). Not well kept, intutus (e.g., town, camp). Not standing firm, instabilis (PROP.; of what cannot stand fast; e.g., gradus, incessus, step, walk): lubricus (PROP.; slippery, where people may easily full; then figuratively, where one may easily make a mistake; e.g., ratio defensionis): also, (The words are found in this connection and order.) instabilis et lubricus (e.g., step, gradus): lubricus atque instabilis (e.g., ground, solum): incertus (figuratively, uncertain, relating to cases where one does not know how one stands, or how anything may turn out, precarious; of things; e.g., hope, spes; times, tempora; situation, res); also, (The words are found in this connection and order.) lubricus atque incertus (e.g., age, aetas): infidus (figuratively, that one cannot trust or rely upon; e.g., friend, good faith, promise).