Comparative evidence

sleu̯bʰ

• Lat. lūbricus -a, -um ‘slippery’, ‘of a soft, oily or greasy consistency’, ‘gliding’, ‘hazardous’, ‘inconstant’, ‘elusive’ (OLD: 1044)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.