lābĭlis
e, adj.
I.
Slipping, gliding, prone to slip or slide.
A.
Lit.: humus rivis operta sanguineis, gressus labiles evertebat, Amm. 31, 13, 6; Arnob. 2, 59.—
B.
Trop., fleeting, gliding, prone, transient, perishable: in vitia labiles animae, Arnob. 2, 45: dulcedo, id. 7, 4 init.—
II.
Causing to slip, slippery: limus, Amm. 27, 10, 11: humus, id. 15, 10, 5.—Hence. lābĭlĭter, adv., waveringly, Aug. Gen. ad Litt. 8. 3.