LABORS (labor), as, avi, atum, n. and a. 
1. to labor, endeavor to obtain, do one's ut¬ 
most to effect, exert, one’s self, strive, take 
pains, noveo). Cic. sibi, A. e. for one’s 
self. Id. Laboro idem, quod tu, A. e. on 
account of the same thing. Also, with 
ut following. Cic. Ut vos decernere- 
tis, laboravi. Also, with ne following. 
Cic. Sponsio illane fieret, laborasti, A. e. 
you did all you could to prevent, &c. 
Also, with an infinit. following. JVe- 
pos. Ut ne quierere quidein de tanta 
re laborarint. Horat. Obiiquo laborat 
lyinpha fugax trepidare rivo. Also, 
Cic. Laborare in re aliqua. Liv. Adeo, 
in qua; laboramus sola, crevimus, divi- 
tias luxuriamque, &ce..for in iis,qu® la- 
boramus. Tacit. Nee laborare conten- 
dunt, ut pomaria conferant, A. e. they do 
not exert themselves to effect, &x._ 
11 Also,to grieve, be sorrowful, anxious, so¬ 
licitous or concerned, tu care, trouble one’s 
self about. Cic. alienis malis. Id. Cu- 
jus manu sit percussus, non laboro, A. c. 
it concerns me not., I do not trouble my¬ 
self. Id. Nihil laboro, nisi ut salvus 
s ' s -- T Also, to be in want, need, 
difficulty, trouble, embarrassment, at a 
loss, to labor under, be oppressed, nffiictrd 
or troubled with, to suffer. Ctc. Te 
prorsus laborare, A. e. that you are con¬ 
siderably indisposed. Id. morbo, A. c. to ' 
be sick. Id. ex pedibus, A. e. to have the 
gout. Id. ex intestinis, A. e. to be troubled 
with the diarrhoea. Tereni. edolore,or 
Ilorat. utero, A. c. to have the pains of 
childbirth. Id. ex renibus, A. e.. to be 
afflicted with the gravel.. Colum. frigore, 
or Plin. a frigore, A. e. to be benumbed 
with cold, to suffer from cold. Id. fame 
Cos. a re frumentaria, A. e. to be in want 
OJ corn. Liv. magnitudine sua. Id. 
annona. Id. vitiis. Cic. ex inscien- 
tia, A. e. to be ignorant. Ilorat. ob ava- 
ritiam. Cic. ex invidia, or, Liv. odio, 
A. e. to be hated. Cics. ex aere alieno, 
A. c to be oppressed with debt. Suet.nn. 
obsidione, h. c. to be closely besieged. 
Q,uintil. crimine temeritatis, li. e. to be 
accounted rash. Id. fastidio, A. e. to be 
haughty and fastidious. —■ Also, abso- 
y ,’ without an ablat. to be in distress, 
difficulty, danger, &c. Lin. Aciern la- 
borare vidit. Q_nint.il. Natural s favor 
est pro laborantibus, A. e. fur the weaker 
party. Cws. duos laborantes conspexe- 
rat, 11 s subsidia. submittebat, A. e. hard 
pressed, with difficulty maintaining their 
groitnd. Cic. Non iaboremus, h. e. we 
would not be in such a difficulty, &c. Id. 
haboratur vehementer, A. e. they are 
much concerned. — Also, of inanimate 
unng 3 , to be in a bad condition, &c. Cm. 
triremeslaborarent. Ovid. Laborantem 
ratem deserere, A. e. in danger. Liv. La- 
borat veritas. Flor. Laborat annalium 
biles, ut credamus, Ac A. e. are hardly 
dUfi autlu ff d V as to induce us to be- 
. f' ic - Digitorum contractio 
” 10tl1 laborat, A. e. does not. find 
1,1 an V motion. -u Also, 
Sf ly ’ la Work ’ la, >or, fashion, form, 
nn\A or prepare with pains. Ilorat. ali- 
|| n i:* o , C,c - a me laborata. Sil. Et 
isetequis letum commune laboras, 
■ • you work the common destruction of, 
endentr J / a ?, a - i(lliid denotes > ^'®o, to 
menta l - 04 ®'" or e JF ect - T“cit. Fru- 
also jiu , nms Iaborant -If See, 
I in-cT „ atus > «> ^m. ’ 
1 AB-°t^ Be m,0r - 2 
2 ‘Ucff’ a ’ ura > same a s Lahoriosus. 
slAbttAi,nj;| tn f- yI1 'J’ Ci and dfs, m. or 
DEUS [triswt l Pi - r LAllRAN- 
n ame or lulit *’ eos > m - a sur - 
•a»e i ,iJ' PU i ’- p,obab ly from the vil- 
X atm1“ ? ar ! a > where there 
Lactant. ° duplter - Plin. and 
if m 6 ' ( ^° s ’ greedy), 
Pirn ^ ^ — 
( & m) ’ a > ad j- •» 
Ilorat. Labra movet metuens audiri. 
Id. Hebc ego mecum compressis a.gito 
labris, A. e. tacitus considero, mutter 
over to myself. Senec. Vix labra di¬ 
et uxit, hardly opened his mouth. Juvenal. 
Longa manantia labra saliva, slubbering. 
Cn. Matius ap. Qcll. Labra labris con- 
seiere, A. e. to kiss. So, Plaut. Labra 
ad labella adjnngere. Id. Devoravi 
nomen imprudens modo: atqui etiam 
modo versabatur mihi in labris primori- 
bus, I had it at my tongue’s end. - 
IT Martial. Linere alicui labra, A. e. to 
deceive. -— 11 Cic. Primis, or primori- 
bus labris gustare, or attingere, A. e. to 
have had only a slight taste of; to under¬ 
stand superficially; to be but a smatterer. 
-U Also, from resemblance, the ex¬ 
tremity, edge, brim, brink or margin of 
any tiling. Cm. fossa;. Id. Cornua ab 
labris argento eircumcludunt, atque pro 
poculis utuntur, they tip the edrres with 
silver. Cato, dolioruin. Plin. Ilerbci 
in labris fontis virens. -11 Also, a 
trench. Anson. - U Also, any laroe 
open vessel; a vat, tub, cistern. Cato. 
Labium lupinarium. Id. olearium. 
Virg. Spumat plenis vindemia labris, 
with full vats. Plin. Kp. Marmoreo la- 
bro aqua exundat. Cic. Labrum si in 
balineo non est, &c. the basin of a bath, 
place in which they bathed. -11 Labrum 
Venerium, an herb growintr in ziiicrs. 
Plin. 
LaBROS. See Labros. 
LABROSC0S, a, um, adj. as, Plin. La- 
- bmsca vitis, or, Virg. (absol.) Labrus- 
ca, sc. vitis, a kind of wild vine (Vitis 
labiusca, L.). So, also, Cohan. Uva 
labrusea; hence, Virg. in Cut. Labrus 
r VtA 11 ’ t!l ‘fruit of the wild vine. 
LABRLSCUM, See Luhruscus. 3 
LABSO, ) 0 , 
' - 1 Fee Lapso, Sec. 
m. the Spartans. Afc 
t krgelips Cefe Um ^ R ’ Um > ad j' with 
» A™, v u “. d in »» 
jixistn^ 3 ,’ a 9- Apes, quas 
PUeri. a-,,,. , ? Platonis consedisse 
%. vdu p„ abf , Um su P e rius, the upper 
s ‘ Iow do labra admovere. 
LABS US. , 
LaBuNUOS (labor, eris), a, um, falling, 
t running, rfecius ap. Nun. 
LABOIINUM, i, n. a shrub, a sjjecies of 
2 eyhsus, (Cytisus laburnum, L.) Plin. 
LXByRINTHOS (hiffvpir^os), i, m. a 
labyrinth; a place formed with many wind¬ 
ings from which it is difficult to extricate 
one’s self. Virg. - IT Hence, Laby- 
rintheus, a, um, adj. Catull. and Laby- 
rinthlcus, a, um, adj. of or bcloimin ir to 
a labyrinth, labyrinthean. Sidon. ° ° 
LaC (perhaps front vaAn, gen. yaXasros), 
lactis, n. milk, yd\a. Not used in the 
plur. Lucret. Femina quasque, cum 
peperit., dulci repletur lacte. Virg. lp- 
s® lacte domum referent distenta ca- 
pell® ubera. Cm. Lacte atque pecore 
vivunt. Virg. Agni a lacte depnlsi, 
weaned. Ovid. Lac dare alicui, to suckle, 
give suck. Cic. Cum lacte nutricis.er- 
rorem suxisse videantur, with their 
nurse’s or mother’s milk. Virg. Lac 
receus, or, Virg. novum, new milk. Id. 
concretum, cheese. — Plant. Tam simile 
est, quam lac lacti (proverb, of things 
very much alike), as like as one egg to 
another. — Plin. Lac gallinaceum '(pro¬ 
verb. of a thing very rare).-11 Also, 
the juice of herbs, &c. Ovitl. and Cels. 
11 Also, a milky color ; a milk-white 
color. Ovid. (de tauro). Signatus tenni 
media inter cornua nigro. Una fuit 
labes: cetera lactis erant, milk-white; 
f a white. -IT Figur. Plaut. 
In melie sunt lingu® sit® vestr®, at¬ 
que orationes, lacteque: corda felle 
sunt lita. Quintil. Satiari velut quo- 
dam jucundioris disciplime lacte._- 
11 it is found masc. in Plaut.., Petr on. 
ftcll. and Apul. -11 Also, nom. Lacte 
Plaut., Plin. and Jlpul. -H Lactes 
plur. See Lactes. 
LX.CAENX (Aa/caiva), adj. f. a Lacediemo- 
nian or Spartan woman. Virg. virgines. 
— Subst. a Spartan woman. Virtr. Sce- 
lus exitiale Lacren®, A. e. Helen. Val 
Place. Fervere c®de Lactena;, A. e. Cly- 
temnestra. Martial. Cycno nupta La- 
c®na, A. e. Leda. 
LaCCa, ®, f. a knot or swelling of the 
3 veins in the hips or legs of cattle. Veiret. 
-IT Also, a kind of herb. A pul. ° 
LXCEDASMoN (AaueSaipuv), onis, f. 
Laccdwmon or Sparta, a noted city of 
Peloponnesus, the territory of which was 
called Laconica. Cic. and JVepos. _ 
Abl. Lacedtemoni. JVep u -If Lace- 
469 
dsmSnes, um, 
mertin. 
LXCtDiEMoNlOS lAaKeiaipbvioy), a 
um, adj. Spartan, Laccdtemonian. Pin,' 
Lacedtemonium marmor. Horat. and 
Ovid. Lacedmmonium Tarentum, A. c. 
built by Spartans. Martial. Lacediemo- 
ii ms Galesus, h. e. that Jloics near Taren - 
turn. Lucan. Henioclii Lacedmmonii, 
A. e. a Lacedmmoniis, Castore et Pol¬ 
lute, oriundi. Juvenal. Laced®monius 
orbis, A. e. perhaps a table of Lacede¬ 
monian marble. JTepos. Lacedffimonu, 
the Spartans. 
LXCiSR (unc.), a, um, adj. maimed, 
■2 mangled, torn in pieces, lacerated, dis¬ 
membered, disabled. Liv. corpus. Ovid. 
currus. Id. homo. Id. puppes. Tacit. 
vestis, rent. Stat. crines, dishevelled. 
1‘igur. Piin. Paneg. gentilitates. _ 
Hence, mutilated. Ovid. Caput lacerma 
cornu. Virg. Deiphobum lacerum ora. 
Ovid. Lacerum corpus (Philomel®), 
A. e. deprived of her young. Hence, Sil 
castra (of an army that has lost its 
leader). -If Also, actively, tcarina 
rending, lacerating. Ooi'd. Ipse suos 
artus lacero divellere morsu ccepit. 
LXCIiRABILrs (lacero), e, adj. that may 
j be tom, easy to be tom. Anson. 
LACERaTIS (Id.), dnis, f. a tearing, 
mangling, rending, lacerating , laceration. 
Lie. corpons. Id. Muliebres laceratio- 
nes genarum. 
LACERAT8R (Id.), oris, m. one who 
o mang.es, lacerates. Augustin. 
LXCeRNA (unc.), ®, C a kind of great 
coat; a thick outer garment of the” Ro¬ 
mans, worn particularly in rainy or 
cold weather and in war. Cic., Ovid. 
and Vellei. -IT Hence, Lacernatus, 
a, um, adj. clothed in a lacerna. Vellei. 
and Juvenal. 
LXCeRNaTOS, a, um, adj. See Later- 
* na. 
LXCeRNOLX, ®, f. dimin. of lacerna. 
Jim of). 
LACER5 (Iacer), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
tear m pieces, tear, rend, mangle, lacerate. 
Ovid, genas, comas, vestern. Liv. ter- 
gum virgis. Cic. e Sophoc. viscera 
morsu. — Also, to cut into pieces, divide, 
carve, as food. l’ctron. obsonium. 
Hence, figur. reliquias vit®. Lucan. 
Lacerandas priebuit urbes,to be distribu¬ 
ted. - i[ I igur. to pull to pieces with 
words ; to asperse, carp at, rail at, cen¬ 
sure. Cic. Obtrectatio invidi®, qua 
solet lacerare plerosque. Id. Verbo- 
rum contumeliis optimum virumincesto 
ore lacerare. Liv. Lacerare aliquem 
probris. Id. famam sepulti. Ovid, ap- 
cujns carmiria. Sucton. Acerbissima 
satyra lacerari. - If Also, figur. to 
ruin, djssipate, waste, consume. Cic. 
otnni scelere patriam. Plaut. rem 
suam, or, Sallust, bona patria, to waste, 
squander. . Plant.. Fenore lacerant 
homines, impoverish, ruin. Cic. H®c 
te lacerat oratio. Id. pecuniam, sqvan- 
T diem > tn waste , spend badly. 
LXCkRTX, ®, f. and LXCeRTuS, i, m. a 
lizard, newt, evet, eft, oavpa. Plin 
Virg., Martial., Horat.., &c_IT Also’ 
a sea-fish. Cic. -11 Lacertus, an arm’. 
See Lacertus. 
LaCkRTSSCS (lacertus), a, um, brawr.u, 
sinewy, nervous, strong. Cic. Centuri- 
ones lacertosi. Ovid. Lacertosi colon! 
Varr. Equus lacertosus. 
LXCeRII uS, i, m. the upper muscular or 
smewy part of the arm which lies between. 
the shoulder and the elbow. Ovid _Also* 
frequently, the arm. Ovid. Iminanes 
lacerti, brawny arms. Id. Lacertis colla 
complecti. Ovid, and Scncc. Lacertum 
excutere, to throw out the arm in order to 
stnlte a blow. Hence, Lacertus, a blow. 
S I. Pigur. Lacerti, muscular arms, 
nrusclc, nerves, strength, force, viiror. 
Cic. In Lysia sunt lacerti Also,'’ap¬ 
plied to bees. Virg. Aptant lacertos. 
- H Also, same as Lacerta, a lizard 
kirg. and Plin -11 Also, a sea-fish. 
Juvenal., Plin., &c. 
LACESSma (lacesso), 5nis, f. a chalien- . 
•> provoking. Ammian. 
LACeSSITOS, a, um, particip. from la¬ 
cesso, 
LACeSSS (lacio), is, Ivi and ii, itum, a. 
3. to provoke, irritate, exasperate, excite 
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