precarious
precarious
adj.
P. ἐπισφαλής, ἐπικίνδυνος, ἀκροσφαλής.
The business yields a precarious income: P. ἡ ἐργασία προσόδους ἔχει ἐπικινδύνους (Dem. 948).
adj.
P. ἐπισφαλής, ἐπικίνδυνος, ἀκροσφαλής.
The business yields a precarious income: P. ἡ ἐργασία προσόδους ἔχει ἐπικινδύνους (Dem. 948).
PRECARIOUS
incertus: intutus: infidus: parum certus or firmus: ☞ precarius “obtained by entreaty ” has not the meaning of our “precarious ” though it often approaches it as opposed to “what is demanded as a right “ etc. Vid: Latin Dictionary.
incertus: intutus: infidus: parum certus or firmus: ☞ precarius “obtained by entreaty ” has not the meaning of our “precarious ” though it often approaches it as opposed to “what is demanded as a right “ etc. Vid: Latin Dictionary.
precarious: incertus, parum firmus s. stabilis: v. UNCERTAIN . Also in later writers, prĕcārius (in Liv., Tac. = obtained by entreaty, not of right): cf. Sen. Tranq. 11, init.: id. Ep. 65, 17. Phr.: in the most p. position, in summo discrimine, Caes. B. G. 6, 38: Cic.: v. DANGER . (The use of obnoxius in later writers is akin to Eng.: cf. Plin. 14, 2, 4 § 27, obnoxii floris, of a vine the flowering of which is p., being exposed to risks.)