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lubrico

lubrico, to make slippery, lubricate

lūbrĭco, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lubricus], to make smooth or slippery, to lubricate (post-class.).
  • 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, Ap. Met. 7, 18, 7.—
  • III Trop.: lubricatus, anointed, Prud. Psych. 571.

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