LAB 
LAB 
LAB 
r labe facta moveus, for labefaciemlo. 
i—— IT Also, Lo overthrow, destroy, rain 
or seek to ruin. Cic. Vix li®c labefacta. 
p* Cohan. Ceteros contagione labefaciat, 
h. e. perdat. — Hence, to work the ruin 
r of. Tacit, aliquem. — Also, to weaken. 
■ Lucret. ignes. — Sense. Nix labefacta, 
h. e. loose, soft. 
LXB8FACTATI5 (labefaeto), onis, f. a 
2 weakening , loosening, undermining. Quin- 
til. Mediocris labefactatio c®di compa- 
ratur. Plin. dentium. 
LAB£FaCTCS (frequentat. of labefacio), 
as, avi, atum, a. 1. Lo loosen, shake, 
cause to totter or full, napauiviio. Cic. 
siguum vectibus. Piiu. Plialangii mor- 
sas genua labefactat, weakens, renders 
feeble. - If Also, to hurt, injure, 
impair. Coluni. colla bourn. Ovid, onus 
ventris. Lucret. sensus. — Figur. Lu- 
cret. auimum. Cic. aliquem. -U Al¬ 
so, to lessen, disparage. Cic. alicujus 
dignitatem. -IT Also, to weulicn, les¬ 
sen, overthrow, destroy, ruin. Cic. Ne 
invidia verbi labefactetur oratio mea. 
Id. Labefactare leges ac jura. Id. La- 
befactare conspirationern. Id. rempub- 
licam.-If Also, to corrupt, to bribe. 
Cic. fidem. Catuli. aliquant munere. 
LABiSFACTOS, a, urn. See Labefacio. 
LXBEFI8. See Labefacio. 
LXBcLLUM (dimin. of labrunt), i, n. a lil- 
1 tie Lip, lip, xttXapiuv. Cic. -IT Also, a 
small water-vessel, a small vat. or tub. Cic. 
LXB£8, onis, in. one that has large lips, 
3 one who is blob-lipped or blobber-lipped. 
Arnob. -If Also, a surname of several 
families. Gtll. 
LXBkRIDS, a, mil, adj. a Roman gentile 
name ; as, D. Laberius, author of a mim¬ 
ic poem. Sueton. — Hence, Laberia- 
nus, a, um, adj. of or belonging to La¬ 
berius. Senec. versus. 
LABicS (labor, to full), is, f. a full, a sink¬ 
ing down or in. Cic. Labes agri Priver- 
natis. Lie. terra;. Cic. Multis locis 
labes fact® sint, terroeque desederint. 
Lucret. Magni inoenia mundi expug- 
nata dabutit labem, will fall. Arnob. 
Labes imbris e c®lo, a heavy fall of 
rain. Figur. a fall. Virg. Prima la¬ 
bes mali, the beginning of misfortune. 
Hence, a fall, h. e. destruction, rain, 
loss. Plant. Quanta labes (veniet) lari- 
do ! Val. Flacc. Regnorum labes. Cic. 
Innocenti® labes. Quintil. declam. fru- 
menti. — Also, a dangerous citizen, an 
injurious person, is called labes. Cic. 
Non sinit eadem ista labes : eas haliet 
conciones, ut, &c. Id. Ula labes ac 
flamma reipublic®, that pest and incen¬ 
diary. Id. Labes atque pernicies pro- 
vinciffi Sicili®. — Also, a disease, plague, 
pestilence. Seven. Summon. Concilium 
populi labes liorrenda diremit. —— 
If Also, a spot, mark, stain, blot, blur, 
blemish. Herat. Tractata notam labem- 
que relinquunt atramenta. Pens, pu- 
rum et sine lalie salinum. Ovid. Sine 
labe toga. Virg. Concretam exemit la¬ 
bem. Sueton. Senio vel aliqua corpo¬ 
ris labe insignes, defect, deformity. Ov¬ 
id. Victima labe carens, spotless. — 
Figur. a stain, blot, shame, dishonor, dis¬ 
credit, disgrace, ignominy, infamy. Cic. 
Animi labes. Id. civitatis. Id. Est hujus 
s®culi labes quffidam et macula, virtuti 
invidere. Id. Ne qua ex tua indigni- 
tate labes illius dignitati adspersa vide- 
atur. Id. Labem integris inferre, to 
attach. Id. Labem turpitudinis et in- 
constanti® sustinere. Curt. Labem 
imponere felicitati alicujus. Tacit. 
Abolere labem prioris ignomini®. Ov¬ 
id. Mores labe carent. Id. Vita sine 
. labe peracta.-IT Labi, for labe. Lu¬ 
cret. — Labes, plur. Cic. 
LABIA, s, f. same as Labium, a lip, gen- 
3 erally plur. Labi®, the lips. Seldom 
used. Apul. 
LXBICI, or LXViCi, orum, m. and LX 
BICUM, i, n. Aapixoi, a town anil colo¬ 
ny of Latium between Tusculum and Prw- 
nesle. Liv. and Sil. — Also, Labici, or 
Lavici, orum, the inhabitants. Virg. — 
Hence, Labicanus, or Lavicanus, a, 
urn, adj. of or belonging to this place. 
Liv. ager. — Labicanum, i, the territory 
belonging to this town. Cic. Habuit fun- 
dum in Labicano. Liv. Labicani, the 
inhabitants of this ten-itory. 
LaBTDCS (labor), a, um, adj. slippery, 
2 oXtoS-rjpds. Vitruv. Labidis itineribus. 
LXBIe.NOS, i, m. a general (legatus) of 
Cwsar in Gaul. Cats. — Hence, Labi- 
enianus, a, um, adj. of Labie.-nts. Auct. 
11. Afric. 
I.aBILIS (labor), e, adj. slippery, apt to 
3 slip, 6\ur$rip6s. Ammian. -It Figur. 
Arnob. Et quisquam est, qui deos sibi 
persuadeaf dulcedinis labilis volucri ti- 
tillatione mulceri ? unstable, inconstant, 
frail, momentary, that soon passes away. 
LABIS, onis, m. same as Labiosus. Ver- 
3 rius Flacc. ap. Charis. 
LXBIoSuS (labium), a, uni, adj. having 
3 great lips, blobber-lipped. Lucret. 
LABIUM (perhaps from lambo), ii, n. a 
3 lip, xriXof. Tereut. Labia demissa, 
hanging lips. Plant. Labiis ductare ali¬ 
quem.— The sing, is found in Seven. 
ap. Non. 
LABS (unc.), as, avi, atum, n. 1. to totter, 
be ready to fall, give way, be loosened. 
Cic. Signum illud nulla lababat ex 
parte. Virg. Labat ariete crebrojanua. 
Id. genua. Cels, dentes, are loosened. 
Ovid, naves. Id. pedes. Id. Vincla 
labant (of Icarus), begin to sink■ Id. 
Littera labat, h. c. zchen written with a 
shaking or trembling hand. -IT Figur. 
to totter, to waver, be at a loss, hesitate. 
Cic. Seito, labare meum consilium. 
Id. Cum ei labare M. Antonins videre- 
tnr. Liv. Q.ui sociorum ad earn diem 
firmi steterant, turn labare cceperunt. 
Id. Labare (idem sociorum. Ovid. In 
dubio pectora nostra labant. Id. Ex 
nimia matrem pietate labare, sensit. 
Id. Cur labat ambiguo spes mihi mix¬ 
ta metu? Val. FLaec. /Lara virorum 
corda labant, know not which party to 
espouse. — Also, to totter, to be in dan¬ 
ger. Ovid. Pars nulla est, qu® labet, 
imperii. Id. Cum res Trojana labaret. 
Cic. Ut lalient omnia, go to ruin. — 
Also, to totter, to fail. Liv. Memoria 
labat. Apul. Labanti spiritu totam se 
super corpus effudit. 
LaBoR (unc.), eris, lapsus sum, dep. 3. 
used to express any gradual and unob¬ 
served motion, especially in a down¬ 
ward direction ; lienee, to glide down, 
slip down. Ovid. Lacrim® labuntur per 
genas. Virg. Stellas prmeipites coelo 
labi. Id. Folia lapsa cadunt, h. e. sen- 
sim decidunt., fall gliding to the earth. 
Id. Labi per funem demissum, to let 
one , s self down. Ovid. Flumina laban- 
tur, to flow. Id. Labi per ®quora rate, 
to sail. Virg. Abies labitur, the ship 
swims. Ovid. Serpens labitur, glides. 
Tacit. Ignis lapsus in porticus. Fig- 
ur. Virg. Dolor lapsus ad ossa. Ovid. 
Somnus’labitur in artus. Plaut. lllico 
res foras labitur, slips out, h. e. goes to 
ruin. Virg. Lamina labuntur l®tis, be¬ 
come dim. or dull. Sueton. Mai® laben- 
tes, the falling jaws. — Hence, to fall, 
h. e. to go to ruin, come to an end, sink. 
Cic. Homo labitur. Liv. Res lapsa est. 
Id. Labuntur mores. Tacit. Spiritus 
labitur. — Hence, Cics. Labi spe, to be 
deceived in one’s hope. Pandect. Labi 
facultatibus, to become poor. Hence, 
Propert. and Ovid. Lapsus, a, um, un¬ 
fortunate. — Also, to slip, or hasten 
away , pass away, glide away. Ovid. La- 
bitnr ®tas. Virg. annus. Id. Laben- 
te die. — Also, to slip away, escape. 
Curt, e manibus. Tacit, custodia. 
Figur. Virg. Nostro illius labatur pec- 
tore vultus. Tacit. Vox forte lapsa.— 
Also, of the voice, to die away without 
reaching the ear, to be lost, not to be 
heard. Cic. Voces adject® laberentur. 
-IT Also, to fall in, give way. Ovid. 
Lapsuram domum subire.-IT Also, 
to fall into or upon, conic to. Cic „ Ne 
labar ad opinionem. Horat. in vitium. 
Pctron. in somnum, or, Propert. somno, 
fall asleep. Cic. Labor eo, ut asseritiar 
Epicuro, incline to that. Id. Labi lon- 
gms, to go loo far in speaking, speak 
too much. -IT Also, to miss, err, com¬ 
mit a fault, or error. Cic. consilio, ca- 
su, opinione. Id. per errorem. Id. in 
officio. Cels, rnente, to become insane. 
Lucret. a vera ratione. Sueton. memoria. 
LABOR (unc.), anciently LABoS, oris, m. 
labor, toil, fatigue, it 6vog. Cic. corpo¬ 
ris, exercise. Id. Res est magni laboris. 
468 
Plaut. Hoc est mihi labori. Plin. Le 
thargicos excitare, labor est, is labori¬ 
ous, is difficult. Id. In labore esse. 
Cic. Laborem sibi sumere, et alteri im¬ 
ponere. Quintil. alicui injungere. Cic. 
Laborem insumere in rem aliquant, 
pains. Virg. Alicui rei laborem impen- 
dere. Cic. Multum oper® laborisque 
consumere. Id. Laborem sustinere. 
Id. exantlare. Id. suscipere. Virg. 
adire. Cic. subire. Id. capere, h. e. 
subire, sentire. JYepos. ferre. Liv. Pe- 
ricula et labores obire, hardships. Te- 
rent. Labori haud parcere. Plin. Ep. 
Laboribus conteri. Cic. Labores -mag- 
nos excipere. Id. Laboribus maximis 
perfunctus. Id. Se in magnis labori¬ 
bus exercere. Id. Se magnis laboribus 
frangere. Id. Cum labore operoso mo- 
liri aliquid, by dint of labor. Terent. 
Sine labore potiri aliquid. Plin. Nullo 
labore. Cic. Laborem levare alicui. 
Id. detraliere. Ovid, minuere. Id. in- 
termittere. Curt, relaxare. Sil. Labori 
incumbere. Cies. Ex labore se refice- 
re. Sallust. Corpus in laboribus ha- 
bui, have subjected to toil. — Also, work, 
workmanship. Val. Flacc. Poculaque, 
insignis veterum labor. Virg. Artifi- 
cumque manus inter se, operumque la¬ 
borem miratur. Id. Ilic labor ille do¬ 
oms et inextricabilis error, h. e. inge- 
niosum opus labyrintbi. Val. Flacc. 
Chlamydem, textosque labores_Also, 
a deed in war, warlike exploit. Virg. and 
Val. Flacc. Belli labores. Claudian. 
Decertati labores.-IT Also, fatigue, 
drudgery. Cic. militi®. Ctes. militum. 
- IT Also, activity, industry. Cic. - 
IT Also, need, distress , trouble, misfor¬ 
tune, hardship, difficulty. Cic. In labore 
meo. Virg. Iliacos iterum demens au- 
dire labores exposcit. Id. Troj® su- 
premum audire laborem. Id. T®det 
pelagi perferre laborem, dangers, disas¬ 
ters. Ncpos. Multis variisque perfunc¬ 
tus laboribus. Hence, Virg. Solis la¬ 
bores, eclipses of the snn. Id. lunte, 
eclipses of the moon. — Also, sickness, 
disease. Plaut. Valetudo decrescit, ac- 
crescit labor. Vitruv. Sulphurosi fon- 
tes nervorum labores reficiunt. — Also, 
pain. Scribon. Larg. and Plaut. — Al¬ 
so, weight. Plin. and Vitruv. — Clau¬ 
dian. Labores uteri, h. e. lilii. 
LXBoRATOS, a, um, particip. from la- 
boro. - If Adj. laborious, troublesome. 
Tertull. Custodia laboratior. — Also, 
passed amidst toil and fatigue, full _ of 
hardship. Val. Flacc. ®vum. Stat. vita. 
LABORI/E. See Laborinus. 
LABoRIFER (labor & fero), a, um, adj. 
3 bearing labor, inured to toil, eiriirovos- 
Ovid. 
iBORTNOS, a, um, adj. as, Plin. Cam- 
ms Laborinus, or Campi Laborim, or 
Labori®, arum, f. a district in Campa- 
•lia, now Terra di Lavoro. 
lBoRIoSk (laboriosus), adv. laborious- 
’)/, with toil and fatigue, wearisomely, with 
iifficulty, £7ri7r(5i/wf. Catuli. and Cels. 
Laboriose. Cic. Laboriosius. Id. La- 
boriosissime. . 
TBoRioSDS (labor, oris), a, um, adj. 
’ahariuus, requiring much pains, tiresome, 
toilsome, wearisome, fatiguing, irksome, 
troublesome, ckittovos. Terent. deambu- 
latio. Cic. Nihil erit his domo sua tlul- 
cius, nec laboriosius molestiusque pro- 
vincia. Liv. Operum longe maximum ac 
lahoriosissimum, Catuli. Omne ffivum 
tribus explicare chartis, doctis, Jupiter- 
et laboriosis. JVepos. Quod utrumeila- 
boriosius, an gloriosms fuent, dim 
fuit judicare.-IT Also, industrious, 
pains-taking, laborious. Cic. homo. 
nos. Fuit enim disertus, nnpiger, labo¬ 
riosus. Colum. Bos labonosissimus ho- 
minis socitis in agricultura. 
so, exercised in hardship, schooled in tmk 
that endures hardship. _ Cic. Q 
nobis duobus laboriosius? Auct. carm 
Priap. Sed quod carmina pessii i poew 
ram is sustineo laboriosis. Cic. 
,-es Trebonius pertulit .magnos . '» 
ex morbi gravitate majores. c l u ?? e 
men non niiseros, sed labor.osos d.cere 
otio liceat esse. 
