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Significatio vocis lubricus | Babel Free

Adiectivum femininum CEFR B2
[ˈɫuː.brɪ.kʊs]

Definitiones

  1. slippery, slimy
  2. fleeting
  3. inconstant
  4. deceitful
  5. hazardous, unsteady
  6. tricky
  7. Equivalent to 'Inconstant': Changeant, qui n’a pas de suite, qui est volage.

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“Nōn hercle tam istōc validē cassābant cadī; sed in cellā erat paulum nimis loculī lūbricī”

No, that’s not why the jars tottered so much; rather, in the cellar there was a small and very slippery spot

mandantem amplectī cupiunt et bracchia tendunt:”

[As he is] entrusting [his request to them], they long to embrace [him] and extend their arms: the fleeting shade eludes their grasping hands. (The ghost of Remus appears to his foster-parents Faustulus and Acca Larentia; see also Romulus and Remus.)

Lingua fallāx nōn amat vēritātem et os lūbricum operātur ruīnās.”

A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin. (trans.: Douay-Rheims Bible)

Gradus CEFR

B2
Medius superior
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B2 — gradus medius superior.
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Hoc verbum in contextu disce

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Cursum Gratuitum Incipe

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