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  • 1 blandus

        blandus adj. with comp. and sup.    [MAL-], of smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing: homo blandior, T.: amicus: adfabilis, blandus, N.: canes, V.: adversus alqm: in publico, L.: blandus fidibus Ducere quercūs, H.: chorus doctā prece blandus, H. — Fig., flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive: oratio: voces, V.: preces, H.: verba, O.: inlecebrae voluptatis: manus Non sumptuosā blandior hostiā, not more acceptable with a costly victim, H.: caudae, O.: otium consuetudine in dies blandius, L.: voluptates, blandissimae dominae, most seductive.
    * * *
    blanda -um, blandior -or -us, blandissimus -a -um ADJ
    flattering, coaxing; charming, pleasant; smooth, gentle; alluring, attractive

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  • 2 pellāx

        pellāx ācis, adj.    [per+1 LAC-], seductive, deceitful: Ulixes, V.
    * * *
    (gen.), pellacis ADJ
    seductive, glib

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  • 3 adulter

        adulter tera, adj.    [ad + 2 AL-], adulterous, unchaste: coniunx, O.: crines, seductive, H. — As subst, m. and f an adulterer, adulteress: sororis, adulterous seducer of: Lacaena, i. e. Helen, H.— A paramour, seducer, H.
    * * *
    I
    adultera, adulterum ADJ
    impure/adulterated; mixed/crossbred (plant); adulterous, unchaste; of adulterer; forged/counterfeit; debased (coinage)

    adulter clavis -- skeleton/false key

    II
    adulterer; illicit lover, paramour; offspring of unlawful love, bastard (eccl.)

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  • 4 lūbricus

        lūbricus adj.    [GLA-], slippery: fastigium, L.: terga (colubri), V.: conchylia, slimy, H.— Plur n. as subst: per lubrica surgens, slippery ground, V. — Easily moved, sliding, gliding: (natura) lubricos oculos fecit: anguis, V.: amnis, gliding, O.—Fig., slippery, uncertain, hazardous, dangerous, critical: via (vitae): cupiditas dominandi: defensionis ratio: annus, fleeting, O.: patrias tentasti lubricus artīs, tricky, V.: Voltus nimium lubricus adspici, seductive, H.—As subst n.: in lubrico versari, in danger.
    * * *
    lubrica, lubricum ADJ
    slippery; sinuous; inconstant; hazardous, ticklish; deceitful

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  • 5 malesuādus

        malesuādus adj.    [male+SVAD-], ill-advising, seductive: Fames, V.
    * * *
    malesuada, malesuadum ADJ

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  • 6 suasorius

    suasoria, suasorium ADJ
    persuasive, seductive; concerned with advice/counseling

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  • 7 blandum

    blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to meilichos, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    blanda es parum,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21:

    nemini credo qui large blandu'st dives pauperi,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

    ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21:

    scis me minime esse blandum,

    Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4:

    unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me,

    id. ib. 12, 3, 1:

    blandum amicum a vero secernere,

    id. Lael. 25, 95:

    (Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens,

    Nep. Alcib. 1, 3:

    an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis?

    Liv. 34, 2, 10:

    tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 411:

    canes,

    Verg. G. 3, 496:

    catulorum blanda propago,

    Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230:

    columba,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56:

    tigres,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—
    b.
    Poet. constr.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    precum,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    genas vocemque,

    Stat. Th. 9, 155.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    chorus implorat..doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—
    II.
    Trop. (mostly of things).
    A.
    Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

    ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245:

    voces,

    Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139:

    preces,

    Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642:

    querelae,

    Tib. 3, 4, 75:

    laudes,

    Verg. G. 3, 185:

    verba,

    Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 3, 375;

    9, 156: os,

    id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6:

    amor,

    Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49:

    Veneris blandis sub armis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137:

    amaracini liquor,

    Lucr. 2, 847:

    tura,

    Tib. 3, 3, 2:

    manus,

    Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691:

    aquae,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    caudae,

    id. ib. 14, 258 al.:

    otium consuetudine in dies blandius,

    Liv. 23, 18, 12:

    blandiores suci,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27:

    blandissima litora, Baiae,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

    actio,

    Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.:

    et blandae superūm mortalibus irae,

    Stat. Th. 10, 836:

    neque admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda,

    Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—
    2.
    Of persons:

    filiolus,

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae ( the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—
    B.
    Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

    nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.
    a.
    Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

    compellare hominem,

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 72:

    me adpellare,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 61:

    adloqui,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22:

    dicere,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

    blande, leniter, dulciter dicere,

    Quint. 12, 10, 71;

    and blande ac benedice,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54:

    rogare,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

    excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne,

    Liv. 1, 22, 5:

    quaerere,

    Suet. Calig. 32:

    linguā lambere,

    Lucr. 5, 1066:

    et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

    id. 2, 320:

    colere fructus,

    to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.):

    flectere cardinem sonantem,

    softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al. — Comp.:

    blandius petere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

    moderere fidem,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al. — Sup.:

    blandissime appellat hominem,

    Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—
    * c.
    blandum = blande:

    ridere,

    Petr. 127, 1.

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  • 8 blandus

    blandus, a, um, adj. [for mlandus; akin to meilichos, mollis, mulier; Goth. milds; Engl. mild], of a smooth tongue, flattering, fawning, caressing (class and very freq.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    blanda es parum,

    Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21:

    nemini credo qui large blandu'st dives pauperi,

    id. Aul. 2, 2, 19:

    ut unus omnium homo te vivat numquam quisquam blandior,

    Ter. Hec. 5, 4, 21:

    scis me minime esse blandum,

    Cic. Att. 12, 5, 4:

    unum te puto minus blandum esse quam me,

    id. ib. 12, 3, 1:

    blandum amicum a vero secernere,

    id. Lael. 25, 95:

    (Alcibiades) affabilis, blandus, temporibus callidissime inserviens,

    Nep. Alcib. 1, 3:

    an blandiores (mulieres) in publico quam in privato et alienis quam vestris estis?

    Liv. 34, 2, 10:

    tum neque subjectus solito nec blandior esto,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 411:

    canes,

    Verg. G. 3, 496:

    catulorum blanda propago,

    Lucr. 4, 999; Nemes. Cyneg. 215; 230:

    columba,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 56:

    tigres,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 604; Quint. 9, 4, 133; 11, 1, 30; 11, 3, 72 al.—
    b.
    Poet. constr.
    (α).
    With gen.:

    precum,

    Stat. Achill. 2, 237.—
    (β).
    With acc.:

    genas vocemque,

    Stat. Th. 9, 155.—
    (γ).
    With inf.:

    blandum et auritas fidibus canoris Ducere quercus,

    Hor. C. 1, 12, 11; Stat. Th. 5, 456. —
    (δ).
    With abl.:

    chorus implorat..doctā prece blandus ( = blande supplicans dis carmine quod poëta eum docuit. Orell. ad loc.),

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135.—
    II.
    Trop. (mostly of things).
    A.
    Flattering, pleasant, agreeable, enticing, alluring, charming, seductive (cf. blandior, II. B.; blanditia, II.): blandā voce vocare, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 51 Vahl.):

    ne blandā aut supplici oratione fallamur,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 26; Lucr. 6, 1245:

    voces,

    Verg. A. 1, 670; Cat. 64, 139:

    preces,

    Tib. 3, 6, 46; Hor. C. 4, 1, 8; id. A. P. 395; Ov. M. 10, 642:

    querelae,

    Tib. 3, 4, 75:

    laudes,

    Verg. G. 3, 185:

    verba,

    Ov. M. 2, 575; 6, 360:

    dicta,

    id. ib. 3, 375;

    9, 156: os,

    id. ib. 13, 555: pectus, Afran. ap. Non. p. 515.—So, voluptas, Lucr. 2, 966; 4, 1081; 4, 1259; 5, 179; Cic. Tusc. 4, 3, 6:

    amor,

    Lucr. 1, 20; Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 49:

    Veneris blandis sub armis,

    Prop. 4 (5), 1, 137:

    amaracini liquor,

    Lucr. 2, 847:

    tura,

    Tib. 3, 3, 2:

    manus,

    Hor. C. 3, 23, 18; cf. Ov. M. 2, 691:

    aquae,

    id. ib. 4, 344:

    caudae,

    id. ib. 14, 258 al.:

    otium consuetudine in dies blandius,

    Liv. 23, 18, 12:

    blandiores suci,

    Plin. 12, 1, 2, § 4; Suet. Tib. 27:

    blandissima litora, Baiae,

    Stat. S. 3, 5, 96; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32:

    actio,

    Quint. 7, 4, 27: ministerium, Cod. Th. 10, 10, 12, § 1.— With dat.:

    et blandae superūm mortalibus irae,

    Stat. Th. 10, 836:

    neque admittunt orationes sermonesve... jucunda dictu aut legentibus blanda,

    Plin. 1, prooem. § 12.—
    2.
    Of persons:

    filiolus,

    Quint. 6, prooem. § 8; cf.: nam et voluptates, blandissimae dominae ( the most alluring mistresses), majores partes animi a virtute detorquent, Cic. Off. 2, 10, 37.—
    B.
    Persuading by caressing, persuasive:

    nunc experiemur, nostrum uter sit blandior,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 56. —Hence, adv., in three forms, soothingly, flatteringly, courteously, etc.
    a.
    Anteclass. form blandĭter, Plaut. As. 1, 3, 69; id. Ps. 5, 2, 3; Titin. ap. Non. p. 210, 6 (also id. ib. p. 256, 15), and ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P.—
    b.
    Class. form blandē, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 9:

    compellare hominem,

    id. Poen. 3, 3, 72:

    me adpellare,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 61:

    adloqui,

    Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 22:

    dicere,

    id. Ad. 5, 4, 24; cf.:

    blande, leniter, dulciter dicere,

    Quint. 12, 10, 71;

    and blande ac benedice,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 54:

    rogare,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 49:

    excepti hospitio ab Tullo blande ac benigne,

    Liv. 1, 22, 5:

    quaerere,

    Suet. Calig. 32:

    linguā lambere,

    Lucr. 5, 1066:

    et satiati agni ludunt blandeque coruscant,

    id. 2, 320:

    colere fructus,

    to treat carefully, gently, id. 5, 1368 (cf. blandimentum, II. B.):

    flectere cardinem sonantem,

    softly, carefully, Quint. Decl. 1, 13 al. — Comp.:

    blandius petere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 24, 112: ad aurem invocabat, Cael. ap. Quint. 4, 2, 124:

    moderere fidem,

    Hor. C. 1, 24, 13 al. — Sup.:

    blandissime appellat hominem,

    Cic. Clu. 26, 72.—
    * c.
    blandum = blande:

    ridere,

    Petr. 127, 1.

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  • 9 illecebra

    illĕcĕbra ( inl-), ae, f. [illicio], an enticement, in a good or bad sense, an inducement, attraction, charm, allurement, bait, lure.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; a favorite word of Cic.; cf.: invitatio, invitamentum).
    (α).
    With gen. (subj. or obj.):

    quae tanta in ullo homine juventutis illecebra fuit, quanta in illo?

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

    maxima est illecebra peccandi impunitatis spes,

    id. Mil. 16, 43:

    voluptas est illecebra turpitudinis,

    id. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

    fallax illecebra admirationum,

    Gell. 10, 12, 4:

    quaestionis,

    id. 12, 5, 5.—In plur.:

    habet etiam amoenitas ipsa vel sumptuosas vel desidiosas illecebras multas cupiditatum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4:

    voluptatis,

    id. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

    vitiorum (with lenocinia cupiditatum),

    id. Sest. 66, 138:

    corruptelarum,

    id. Cat. 1, 6, 13.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    munditia illecebra animo est amantūm,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4: ad quam illecebiam cum commoveretur nemo, etc., Liv. 10, 4.—In plur.:

    suis te oportet illecebris ipsa virtus trahat ad verum decus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 23; 6, 1:

    jocum tentavit, eo quod Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator,

    Hor. A. P. 223.—
    II.
    Transf., concr.
    A.
    Of an alluring, seductive person, an enticer, a decoy-bird, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 1, 2, 82; 4, 2, 46.—
    B.
    A plant, called also andrachne agria, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162; 26, 12, 79, § 128.

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  • 10 illecebrosus

    illĕcĕbrōsus ( inl-), a, um, adj. [illecebra], full of allurement, very enticing, attractive, seductive (ante- and post-class.):

    istoc illecebrosius Fieri nihil potest,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 54:

    sapor,

    Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 144:

    insidiae,

    Amm. 30, 1.— Adv.: illĕcĕ-brōsē, enticingly, attractively.—Comp.:

    agi,

    Amm. 30, 5, 7 (but not in Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 36; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

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  • 11 illex

    1.
    illex ( inl-), ēgis, adj. [in-lex], without law, contrary to law, lawless (anteclass.);

    as a term of reproach: impure, inhoneste, injure, inlex, labes popli,

    Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 4; Caecil. ap. Non. 10, 24 (Com. Fragm. v. 60 Rib.).
    2.
    illex or illix ( inl-), ĭcis, adj. [illicio], alluring, enticing, seductive (ante- and post-class.).
    I.
    Adj.:

    oculi,

    App. Mag. p. 323:

    ars,

    Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 6:

    halitus,

    id. Psych. 328.—More freq.,
    II.
    Subst. com.
    A.
    A decoy, lure:

    aedis nobis area'st, auceps sum ego, Esca'st meretrix, lectus illex est, amatores aves,

    Plaut. As. 1, 3, 67.—
    B.
    Transf., a seducer, a seductress:

    malae rei tantae fuimus illices,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 35:

    illex animi Venus,

    App. Mag. p. 295.

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  • 12 illicibilis

    illĭcĭbĭlis, e, adj. [illicio], seductive, Lact. 7, 27 init.

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  • 13 inlecebra

    illĕcĕbra ( inl-), ae, f. [illicio], an enticement, in a good or bad sense, an inducement, attraction, charm, allurement, bait, lure.
    I.
    Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.; a favorite word of Cic.; cf.: invitatio, invitamentum).
    (α).
    With gen. (subj. or obj.):

    quae tanta in ullo homine juventutis illecebra fuit, quanta in illo?

    Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 8:

    maxima est illecebra peccandi impunitatis spes,

    id. Mil. 16, 43:

    voluptas est illecebra turpitudinis,

    id. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

    fallax illecebra admirationum,

    Gell. 10, 12, 4:

    quaestionis,

    id. 12, 5, 5.—In plur.:

    habet etiam amoenitas ipsa vel sumptuosas vel desidiosas illecebras multas cupiditatum,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 4:

    voluptatis,

    id. de Sen. 12, 40; id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

    vitiorum (with lenocinia cupiditatum),

    id. Sest. 66, 138:

    corruptelarum,

    id. Cat. 1, 6, 13.—
    (β).
    Absol.:

    munditia illecebra animo est amantūm,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 4: ad quam illecebiam cum commoveretur nemo, etc., Liv. 10, 4.—In plur.:

    suis te oportet illecebris ipsa virtus trahat ad verum decus,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 23; 6, 1:

    jocum tentavit, eo quod Illecebris erat et grata novitate morandus Spectator,

    Hor. A. P. 223.—
    II.
    Transf., concr.
    A.
    Of an alluring, seductive person, an enticer, a decoy-bird, Plaut. As. 1, 2, 25; id. Truc. 1, 2, 82; 4, 2, 46.—
    B.
    A plant, called also andrachne agria, Plin. 25, 13, 103, § 162; 26, 12, 79, § 128.

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  • 14 inlecebrosus

    illĕcĕbrōsus ( inl-), a, um, adj. [illecebra], full of allurement, very enticing, attractive, seductive (ante- and post-class.):

    istoc illecebrosius Fieri nihil potest,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 54:

    sapor,

    Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 144:

    insidiae,

    Amm. 30, 1.— Adv.: illĕcĕ-brōsē, enticingly, attractively.—Comp.:

    agi,

    Amm. 30, 5, 7 (but not in Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 36; v. Ritschl ad h. l.).

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  • 15 leno

    1.
    lēno, no perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. leno].
    I.
    Neutr., to pimp, pander ( poet.): lenandi callidus arte, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 611 Burm.—
    II.
    Act., to procure: filiam suam, Schol. Juv. 6, 233: formosas puellas, Epigr. ap. Salmas. ad Vop. Car. 16: lenatae puellae, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 2, p. 587.
    2.
    lēno, ōnis, m. [lenio], a pimp, pander, procurer.
    I.
    Lit.:

    perjurus leno,

    Plaut. Capt. prol. 57:

    leno me peregre militi Macedonico Minis viginti vendidit,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 49:

    importunus,

    id. Merc. prol. 44:

    leno sum, fateor,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34:

    improbissimus et perjurissimus leno,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    insidiosus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172:

    verba facit leno, etc.,

    id. S. 2, 3, 231: cum [p. 1050] leno accipiat moechi bona, Juv. 1, 55.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A seducer, allurer:

    lenonem quendam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,

    Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17:

    (puella) me lenone placet,

    i. e. through my intervention, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.—
    B.
    A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8.— Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.

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  • 16 lubricum

    lūbrĭcus, a, um, adj. [Gr. litos, lissos, smooth; from root glit; cf. glischros, glittus, and olibros, 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 [p. 1079] 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,

    slimy, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

    corpus,

    Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:

    lubrica prensantes effugit umbra manus,

    Ov. F. 5, 476:

    amnis,

    gliding, 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > lubricum

  • 17 lubricus

    lūbrĭcus, a, um, adj. [Gr. litos, lissos, smooth; from root glit; cf. glischros, glittus, and olibros, 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 [p. 1079] 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,

    slimy, Hor. S. 2, 4, 30:

    corpus,

    Plin. 2, 3, 3, § 7:

    lubrica prensantes effugit umbra manus,

    Ov. F. 5, 476:

    amnis,

    gliding, 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.

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  • 18 malesuadus

    mălĕsuādus, a, um, adj. [male-suadeo], ill-advising, seductive ( poet.):

    Illa hanc corrumpit mulierem viti malesuada plena,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 56 Lorenz ad loc. (al. vitilena):

    interpres,

    Sid. Ep. 7, 5.— Transf., of inanim. and abstr. things;

    of wine: malesuadi pocula succi,

    Paul. Nol. Carm. 6, 69:

    Fames,

    Verg. A. 6, 276.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > malesuadus

  • 19 pellax

    pellax, ācis, adj. [pellicio], = poikilomêtês, seductive, deceitful ( poet. and postclass.; cf.: fallax, falsus): invidia pellacis Ulixi, * Verg. A. 2, 90:

    Juppiter,

    Arn. 5, 188.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > pellax

  • 20 seductorius

    sēductōrĭus, a, um, adj. [seductor], seductive (eccl. Lat.), Aug. Conf. 5, 6 fin.; Ambros. de Bon. Mor. 9, § 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > seductorius

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