(v. n.P. a.) : ē-lăbōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and
* A.
* Neutr., to labor, endeavor, exert one's self, take pains either successfully or perseveringly = eniti (class.; most freq. in Cic.).— Constr. with ut, in aliqua re, in aliquid, with acc. and inf. as object, or absol.
* With ut: enitere, elabora, vel potius eblandire, effice, ut, etc.,Cic. Att. 16, 16 C, § 12; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 72 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 18 (twice); and pass. impers.: aperte elaboratur, ut verba verbis respondeant,Cic. Or. 12, 38.
* Act., to labor on, take pains with, to work out, elaborate (so for the most part only in the pass., and esp. freq. since the Aug. period): quicquid elaborari aut effici potuerit ad istorum benevolentiam conciliandam,Cic. Fam. 9, 16: in ingenio quoque, sicut in agro, quamquam diu serantur atque elaborentur,Tac. Or. 6 fin.: a Graecis elaborata dicendi vis atque copia,Cic. Brut. 7, 26: causae diligenter elaboratae et tamquam elucubratae,carefully elaborated,id. ib. 90 fin.; cf. in the part. perf., id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; id. Cael. 19, 45; Quint. 4, 1, 54; 8, 3, 12; Hor. Epod. 14, 12 al.: elaboratum a parentibus imperium,acquired by the labors of,Just. 1, 2, 11.—In the act.: candelabrorum superficiem,Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11: non Siculae dapes Dulcem elaborabunt saporem,Hor. C. 3, 1, 19.
* In aliquid (very seldom): ei non in unam partem aliquam, sed in omnia elaborandum est,Quint. 2, 8, 8; cf.: totis mentibus huc tendamus, in hoc elaboremus,id. 12, 1, 31, v. Spald. N. cr. —*
* With acc. and inf. as object: (declamatores) breviores commentarios facere elaborarunt,Quint. 3, 8, 58.—(ε) Absol. (very rare), Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 24; so Dom. Afer. in Quint. 6, 3, 68: arte,Vulg. Sap. 14, 19.
* In rhet.: ēlăbōrātus, a, um, P. a., sometimes with the accessory notion of overdoing, elaborate: elaborata concinnitas,Cic. Or. 25, 84: nihil arcessiti et elaborati,Quint. 12, 10, 40.

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