slippery Copy link Outline I. Lit.II. Fig. • slippery: I. Lit.: lūbrĭcus: Liv.: Mart. Neut. used subs. (= a s. place, s. ground): Tac. A. 1, 65, (in) lubrico lapsare: Cels.: cf. Virg. Aen. 5, 335, per lubrica, on the s. ground. II. Fig.: uncertain, dangerous, delicate to handle: lūbrĭcus. s. paths of youth, viae l. adolescentiae, Cic. Coel. 17, 41: to be on s. ground, in lubrico versari, id. Or. 28, 98. Phr.: I said he was a s. fellow, dixi volaticum esse ac levem, Sen. Ep. 42, med. (R. and A.): a s. fellow (= rogue), may be expr. by veterator (an old knave): see also treacherous, deceitful.
SLIPPERY Copy link • SLIPPERYThat does not afford firm footing, lubricus. Figuratively, Uncertain, fickle, Vid: I said he was a slippery fellow, dixi volaticum esse ac levem, et te non pedem ejus tenere, non pennam. Dangerous, Vid.