Skip to content Skip to search
About Report a problem (opens in a new tab)

sublabor

sublabor, to glide under, slip away, sink

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

sublābor, lāpsus sum, 3, dep. n.: to slip or glide beneath, 7.354; sink down, decline, ebb, wane, 2.169; pass silently by, 2.686.
sub-lābor, lapsus, 3, v. dep. n., to fall, glide, or sink under or down, to sink (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
  • I Lit.: imperfecta necesse est labent et modo prodeant, modo sublabantur aut succidant, Sen. Ep. 71, § 34: aedificia vetustate sublapsa, Plin. Ep. 10, 75, 1; cf. poet. transf.: annis sublapsa vetustas, Verg. A. 12, 686.—*
    • B In partic., to slip down, glide away: lues udo sublapsa veneno Pertentat sensus, Verg. A. 7, 354.—
  • II Trop.: retro sublapsa Spes, Verg. A. 2, 169: memoria senum, Sen. Oedip. 817.

Saved

Recent

Keyboard shortcuts

/ s Search
← → Previous / next dictionary
1 – 9 Go to dictionary 1–9
j k Next / previous word in the word wheel
m Switch between Logeion and Morpho
b Save or unsave this word
Shift B Saved and recent words
l Look up the selected word
Esc Close suggestions or a panel
? This list