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lūbrĭco , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. lubricus,
I.to make smooth or slippery, to lubricate (postclass.).
I. Lit.: “qui Lacedaemonium pytismate lubricat orbem,Juv. 11, 175: “lubricatus lapis,Arn. 1, 22; Prud. στεφ. 11, 38.—
II. To be slippery, Vulg. Thren. 4, 18: “limo caenoso ripae supercilio lubricante,App. M. 7, 18 (p. 481), 196, 3.—
III. Trop.: “lubricatus,anointed, Prud. Psych. 571.
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