liquid (subs.) Copy link Outline I. GenericallyII. Specifically, any given watery substance1. lĭquor2. hūmor, lătex (latter chiefly poet.) • liquid (subs.): I. Generically: quod liquidum est; quod liquido corpore constat: v. preced. art. (I.). II. Specifically, any given watery substance: 1. lĭquor: the vine-bred l. (= wine), l. vitigenus, Lucr. 5, 14: Virg. (esp. a trickling fluid, Virg. G. 3, 484, fluidus liquor, sc. tabis). 2. hūmor, lătex (latter chiefly poet.): v. fluid (subs.).