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praeterlabor

praeterlabor, to glide by, flow by, run past

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

praeterlābor, lāpsus sum, 3, dep. n. and a.: to glide, flow along by, 6.874; sail past or by, 3.478.
praeter-lābor, lapsus, 3, v. dep. n. and a.
  • I Lit., to glide or flow by, to fly or run past: praeterlabentia flumina, Quint. 10, 3, 24.—With acc.: tumulum, Verg. A. 6, 874: hanc (tellurem) pelago praeterlabare necesse est, to sail past, id. ib. 3, 478.—
  • II Trop., to slip away: (definitio) ante praeterlabitur, quam percepta est, Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 109.

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