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dī-lābor, lapsus, 3
* V. dep. n., to fall asunder, go to pieces, melt away, dissolve (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: glacies liquefacta et dilapsa,Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; cf. nix,Liv. 21, 36, 6: nebula,id. 41, 2, 4: calor,Verg. A. 4, 705: Vulcanus (i. e. ignis),Hor. S. 1, 5, 73: aestus,Tac. A. 14, 32 et saep.—Of a river, to flow apart, flow away, hoc quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus, et divisus aequaliter ... rapideque dilapsus cito in unum confluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6: amnis presso in solum alveo dilabitur,Curt. 5, 4, 8; cf. Mütz. ad h. 1.—Poet.: ungula in quinos dilapsa ungues,divided,Ov. M. 1, 742: (Proteus) in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,melting,Verg. G. 4, 410.
* Trop. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to go to decay, go to ruin, perish, be lost: male parta male dilabuntur, like our light come, light go, Poëta ap. Cic. Phil. 2, 27 (for which, disperire, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 22): ne omnia dilabantur, si unum aliquod effugerit,Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 10: praeclarissime constituta, respublica,id. Off. 2, 23, 80: res familiaris,id. ib. 2, 18, 64: divitiae, vis corporis, etc.,Sall. J. 2, 2: res maxumae (opp. crescere),id. ib. 10, 6: omnis invidia,id. ib. 27, 2: tempus,i. e. to slip away,id. ib. 36, 4: vectigalia publica negligentiā,i. e. to fall into confusion,Liv. 33, 46 fin.: curae inter nova gaudia,to vanish,Ov. P. 4, 4, 21 et saep.: sunt alii plures fortasse, sed meā memoriā dilabuntur,vanish,Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11.
* In the historians, of persons, esp. of soldiers, to move away in different directions, to flee, escape, scatter, disperse: exercitus amisso duce brevi dilabitur,Sall. J. 18, 3; so,absol.,id. C. 57, 1; Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Liv. 9, 45; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 18 al.— With ab: ab signis,Liv. 23, 18; cf. id. 37, 20.—With ex or e, Liv. 6, 17; 24, 46, 4.— With in: in oppida,Liv. 8, 29; cf. id. 21, 32; 40, 33; Front. Strat. 3, 8, 3.—With ad, Suet. Calig. 48; Front. Strat. 3, 6, 3: domum,id. ib. 2, 12 fin.: ab eo,desert,Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 8.
* Pregn., to tumble down, i. e. to fall to pieces, go to decay: monumenta virum dilapsa,Lucr. 5, 312; so of buildings,Liv. 4, 20 Drak.; Tac. A. 4, 43; id. H. 1, 68; 86 fin. al.: navis putris vetustate,Liv. 35, 26: supellex,Col. 12, 3, 5: cadavera tabo,Verg. G. 3, 557; cf.: corpora foeda,Ov. M. 7, 550: fax in cineres,Hor. C. 4, 13, 28 et saep.
* Of time, to glide away, pass: dilapso tempore,Sall. J. 36, 4.
* V. dep. n., to fall asunder, go to pieces, melt away, dissolve (class.).
* Lit.
* In gen.: glacies liquefacta et dilapsa,Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; cf. nix,Liv. 21, 36, 6: nebula,id. 41, 2, 4: calor,Verg. A. 4, 705: Vulcanus (i. e. ignis),Hor. S. 1, 5, 73: aestus,Tac. A. 14, 32 et saep.—Of a river, to flow apart, flow away, hoc quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus, et divisus aequaliter ... rapideque dilapsus cito in unum confluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6: amnis presso in solum alveo dilabitur,Curt. 5, 4, 8; cf. Mütz. ad h. 1.—Poet.: ungula in quinos dilapsa ungues,divided,Ov. M. 1, 742: (Proteus) in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,melting,Verg. G. 4, 410.
* Trop. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to go to decay, go to ruin, perish, be lost: male parta male dilabuntur, like our light come, light go, Poëta ap. Cic. Phil. 2, 27 (for which, disperire, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 22): ne omnia dilabantur, si unum aliquod effugerit,Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 10: praeclarissime constituta, respublica,id. Off. 2, 23, 80: res familiaris,id. ib. 2, 18, 64: divitiae, vis corporis, etc.,Sall. J. 2, 2: res maxumae (opp. crescere),id. ib. 10, 6: omnis invidia,id. ib. 27, 2: tempus,i. e. to slip away,id. ib. 36, 4: vectigalia publica negligentiā,i. e. to fall into confusion,Liv. 33, 46 fin.: curae inter nova gaudia,to vanish,Ov. P. 4, 4, 21 et saep.: sunt alii plures fortasse, sed meā memoriā dilabuntur,vanish,Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11.
* In the historians, of persons, esp. of soldiers, to move away in different directions, to flee, escape, scatter, disperse: exercitus amisso duce brevi dilabitur,Sall. J. 18, 3; so,absol.,id. C. 57, 1; Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Liv. 9, 45; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 18 al.— With ab: ab signis,Liv. 23, 18; cf. id. 37, 20.—With ex or e, Liv. 6, 17; 24, 46, 4.— With in: in oppida,Liv. 8, 29; cf. id. 21, 32; 40, 33; Front. Strat. 3, 8, 3.—With ad, Suet. Calig. 48; Front. Strat. 3, 6, 3: domum,id. ib. 2, 12 fin.: ab eo,desert,Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 8.
* Pregn., to tumble down, i. e. to fall to pieces, go to decay: monumenta virum dilapsa,Lucr. 5, 312; so of buildings,Liv. 4, 20 Drak.; Tac. A. 4, 43; id. H. 1, 68; 86 fin. al.: navis putris vetustate,Liv. 35, 26: supellex,Col. 12, 3, 5: cadavera tabo,Verg. G. 3, 557; cf.: corpora foeda,Ov. M. 7, 550: fax in cineres,Hor. C. 4, 13, 28 et saep.
* Of time, to glide away, pass: dilapso tempore,Sall. J. 36, 4.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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