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lābor, lapsus (
* Inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop.
* Transf.
* To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.: labitur uncta vadis abies,Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31: sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass: a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,Quint. 7, 10, 17.
* To slip away, escape: lapsus custodiā,Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31: e manibus custodientium lapsus,Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.
* In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away: ilico res foras labitur,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21: brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,Cic. Or. 57; 56: sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52: labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49: labi somnum sensit in artus,id. M. 11, 631: nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,Verg. E. 1, 64.
* In partic.
* Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare): ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.
* Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse: eheu fugaces labuntur anni,Hor. C. 2, 14, 2: anni tacite labentis origo,Ov. F. 1, 65: labentia tempora,id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27: aetas labitur,Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.
* Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.: cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,Cic. Or. 3, 10: labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,id. Phil. 2, 21, 51: equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2: sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,Tac. H. 3, 23: vidi labentes acies,Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53. eo citius lapsa res est,Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50: fides lapsa,Ov. H. 2, 102: labentur opes,will be lost,Tib. 1, 6, 53: res,Lucr. 4, 1117: hereditas lapsa est,Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.
* To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3: hoc munere,Sil. 7, 740: facultatibus,to lose one's property, become poor,Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1: mente,to lose one's senses, go mad,Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.: lapsae mentis error,Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25.
* To fall into or upon, to come or turn to: labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2: ad opinionem,id. Ac. 2, 45, 138: in adulationem,Tac. A. 4, 6: in gaudia,Val. Fl. 6, 662: in vitium,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.
* To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault: labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18: in aliqua re labi et cadere,id. Brut. 49, 185: in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1: lapsus est per errorem suum,id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8: consilio, ... casu,id. Agr. 2, 3, 6: propter inprudentiam,Caes. B. G. 5, 3: in officio,Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12: in verbo,Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7: ne verbo quidem labi,Plin. Ep. 2, 3: it vera ratione,Lucr. 2, 176.
* Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.): lapsorum fratrum petulantia,Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.
* Inf. parag. labier, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94; part. labundus, Att. ap. Non. 504, 31; Trag. Fragm. v. 570 Rib.), 3, v. dep. n. [cf. lăbo; Sanscr. lamb- (ramb-), to glide, fall], to move gently along a smooth surface, to fall, slide; to slide, slip, or glide down, to fall down, to sink as the beginning of a fall; constr. absol., or with ad, in, inter, per, sub, super, ab, de, ex, or with abl. alone.
* Lit.
* In gen.
* Trop.
* Transf.
* To glide away, glide along, slip or haste away: labitur uncta carina: volat super impetus undas, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 379 Vahl.); so id. ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 476 Vahl.); cf.: labitur uncta vadis abies,Verg. A. 8, 91; Cic. Ac. 1, 8, 31: sidera, quae vaga et mutabili ratione labuntur,id. Univ. 10.—Esp., of a transition in discourse, to pass: a dispositione ad elocutionis praecepta labor,Quint. 7, 10, 17.
* To slip away, escape: lapsus custodiā,Tac. A. 5, 10; 11, 31: e manibus custodientium lapsus,Curt. 3, 13, 3; Prop. 1, 11, 5; Amm. 26, 3, 3.
* In gen., to come or go gently or insensibly, to glide, glide or pass away: ilico res foras labitur,Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 21: brevitate et celeritate syllabarum labi putat verba proclivius,Cic. Or. 57; 56: sed labor longius, ad propositum revertor,id. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Leg. 1, 19, 52: labitur occulte fallitque volubilis aetas,Ov. Am. 1, 8, 49: labi somnum sensit in artus,id. M. 11, 631: nostro illius labatur pectore vultus,Verg. E. 1, 64.
* In partic.
* Of speech, to die away, be lost, not be heard (very rare): ne adjectae voces laberentur atque errarent,Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 114; cf. Sil. 7, 745.
* Of time, to glide, pass away, elapse: eheu fugaces labuntur anni,Hor. C. 2, 14, 2: anni tacite labentis origo,Ov. F. 1, 65: labentia tempora,id. Tr. 3, 11; id. F. 6, 771; id. Tr. 4, 10, 27: aetas labitur,Tib. 1, 8, 48; cf.: labente officio, when the attendance or service is ended, Juv. 6, 203.
* Pregn., to sink, incline, begin to fall, go to ruin, perish: quantis opibus, quibus de rebus lapsa fortuna accidat, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 396 Vahl.); cf.: cetera nasci, occidere, fluere, labi,Cic. Or. 3, 10: labentem et prope cadentem rem publicam fulcire,id. Phil. 2, 21, 51: equitem Romanum labentem excepit, fulsit, sustinuit,id. Rab. Post. 16, 43; id. Ep. ad Brut. 1, 18, 2: sustinuit labentem aciem Antonius,Tac. H. 3, 23: vidi labentes acies,Prop. 4 (5), 2, 53. eo citius lapsa res est,Liv. 3, 33: mores lapsi sunt, id. praef.; Tac. A. 6, 50: fides lapsa,Ov. H. 2, 102: labentur opes,will be lost,Tib. 1, 6, 53: res,Lucr. 4, 1117: hereditas lapsa est,Dig. 4, 4, 11, § 5.
* To slip or fall away from a thing, to lose it: hac spe lapsus, deceived or disappointed in this hope, Caes. B. G. 5, 55, 3: hoc munere,Sil. 7, 740: facultatibus,to lose one's property, become poor,Dig. 27, 8, 2, § 11; 26, 7, 9, § 1: mente,to lose one's senses, go mad,Cels. 5, 26, 13; Suet. Aug. 48; cf.: lapsae mentis error,Val. Max. 5, 3, 2.—Hence, lapsus, a, um, ruined, unfortunate, Prop. 1, 1, 25.
* To fall into or upon, to come or turn to: labor eo, ut assentiar Epicuro,Cic. Ac. 2, 45, 139; id. Att. 4, 5, 2: ad opinionem,id. Ac. 2, 45, 138: in adulationem,Tac. A. 4, 6: in gaudia,Val. Fl. 6, 662: in vitium,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 94.
* To fall into error, to be mistaken, to err, mistake, commit a fault: labi, errare, nescire, decipi et malum et turpe ducimus,Cic. Off. 1, 6, 18: in aliqua re labi et cadere,id. Brut. 49, 185: in minimis tenuissimisque rebus,id. de Or. 1, 37, 169; id. Fam. 2, 7, 1: lapsus est per errorem suum,id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 8: consilio, ... casu,id. Agr. 2, 3, 6: propter inprudentiam,Caes. B. G. 5, 3: in officio,Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12: in verbo,Ov. Am. 2, 8, 7: ne verbo quidem labi,Plin. Ep. 2, 3: it vera ratione,Lucr. 2, 176.
* Esp., to fall away from the true faith, to become apostate (eccl. Lat.): lapsorum fratrum petulantia,Cypr. Ep. 30, 1 al.
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Lewis Short
lăbor | lăbos, ōris | Lăbos (noun M) : (old form , , etc., Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 35; id. Truc. 2, 6, 40; Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 6; Varr. ap. Non. 487, 13; Cat. 55, 13; Sall. C. 7, 5; id. J. 100, 4; cf. Quint. 1, 4, 13), , Sanscr. root rabh, to grasp, ā-rabh, to undertake; Gr. ἀλφ- in ἦλφον, earned, ἄλφημα, wages; Germ. Arbeit
* Labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).
* Lit.: ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,Ter. And. 1, 1, 51: haud existimans quanto labore partum,id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12: interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35: corporis,id. Cael. 17, 39: res est magni laboris,id. de Or. 1, 33, 150: laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,id. Mur. 18, 38: sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: multum operae laborisque consumere,id. de Or. 1, 55, 234: laborem sustinere,id. Att. 1, 17, 6: exantlare,id. Ac. 2, 34, 108: suscipere,id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13: subire,id. Att. 3, 15, 7: capere,id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49: labores magnos excipere,id. Brut. 69, 243: se in magnis laboribus exercere,id. Arch. 11, 28: summi laboris esse,capable of great exertion,Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2: laborem levare alicui,Cic. Or. 34, 120: detrahere,id. Fam. 3, 6, 5: ex labore se reficere,Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11: victus suppeditabatur sine labore,Cic. Sest. 48, 103: non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.: nullo labore,Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51: quantum meruit labor,Juv. 7, 216: reddere sua dona labori,id. 16, 57: numerenter labores,be valued,id. 9, 42.
* In partic.
* Meton., of the products of labor.
* Poet.
* Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so, defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378.
* Personified: , toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.
* Work, workmanship of an artist (poet.): operum,Verg. A. 1, 455: hic labor ille domūs,id. ib. 6, 27: nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,Juv. 8, 104.
* Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.: ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.: haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.
* Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.
* Labor, toil, exertion (cf.: contentio, opera).
* Lit.: ut ingenium est omnium Hominum a labore proclive ad libidinem,Ter. And. 1, 1, 51: haud existimans quanto labore partum,id. Phorm. 1, 1, 12: interest aliquid inter laborem et dolorem: sunt finitima omnino, sed tamen differt aliquid. Labor est functio quaedam vel animi vel corporis, gravioris operis et muneris: dolor autem motus asper in corpore alienus a sensibus,Cic. Tusc. 2, 15, 35: corporis,id. Cael. 17, 39: res est magni laboris,id. de Or. 1, 33, 150: laborem sibi sumere et alteri imponere,id. Mur. 18, 38: sumptum et laborem insumere in rem aliquam,id. Inv. 2, 38, 113; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227: multum operae laborisque consumere,id. de Or. 1, 55, 234: laborem sustinere,id. Att. 1, 17, 6: exantlare,id. Ac. 2, 34, 108: suscipere,id. Opt. Gen. Or. 5, 13: subire,id. Att. 3, 15, 7: capere,id. Rosc. Com. 16, 49: labores magnos excipere,id. Brut. 69, 243: se in magnis laboribus exercere,id. Arch. 11, 28: summi laboris esse,capable of great exertion,Caes. B. G. 4, 2, 2: laborem levare alicui,Cic. Or. 34, 120: detrahere,id. Fam. 3, 6, 5: ex labore se reficere,Caes. B. G. 3, 5; 5, 11: victus suppeditabatur sine labore,Cic. Sest. 48, 103: non est quod existumes, ullam esse sine labore virtutem,Sen. Vit. Beat. 25, 5; Suet. Ner. 52; Quint. 2, 12, 12; cf.: nullo labore,Cic. Dom. 34, 91; id. Sest. 40, 87; id. Tusc. 2, 22, 51: quantum meruit labor,Juv. 7, 216: reddere sua dona labori,id. 16, 57: numerenter labores,be valued,id. 9, 42.
* In partic.
* Meton., of the products of labor.
* Poet.
* Labores solis, eclipses of the sun, Verg. A. 1, 742 Forbig. ad loc.; so, defectus solis varios lunaeque labores,id. G. 1, 478; Sil. 14, 378.
* Personified: , toil, in the lower world, Verg. A. 6, 277.
* Work, workmanship of an artist (poet.): operum,Verg. A. 1, 455: hic labor ille domūs,id. ib. 6, 27: nec non Polycleti multus ubique labor,Juv. 8, 104.
* Of cultivated plants, crops, etc.: ruit arduus aether et pluvia ingenti sata laeta boumque labores Diluit,Verg. G. 1, 325; cf.: haec cum sint hominumque boumque labores,id. ib. 1, 118: Juppiter Grandine dilapidans hominumque boumque labores, Col. poët. 10, 330; Verg. A. 2, 284; 306.
* Labores uteri, i. e. children, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 193.
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