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ē-lābor, elapsus (elabsus), 3, v. dep. n. and a.

Neutr., to slip or glide away, to fall out, get off, escape (class.).

Lit.:

anguilla est, elabitur,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 57;

so of a snake,

Liv. 1, 56; 26, 19; Verg. G. 1, 244; Ov. M. 9, 63:

cum se convolvens sol elaberetur et abiret,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

(animal) ex utero elapsum,

id. N. D. 2, 51, 128; cf. id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.:

elapsae manibus tabellae,

Ov. M. 9, 571; cf.:

gladius ei e manu,

Just. 33, 2, 3:

jumentum e manibus curantium elapsum,

Liv. 44, 40:

animi corporibus elapsi,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26 fin.; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 45 fin.:

quicquid incidit, fastigio musculi elabitur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 1:

Manlii cuspis super galeam hostis elapsa est,

slipped along, Liv. 8, 7:

foras elapsa corpora,

Lucr. 5, 489.—

In an upward direction of fire:

frondes elapsus in altas,

having crept, glided, upwards, Verg. G. 2, 305. —

In partic.

Of persons, to slip off, get clear, escape:

ex proelio elapsi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 37 fin.:

e soceri manibus ac ferro,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

de caede Pyrrhi,

Verg. A. 2, 526:

telis Achivum,

id. ib. 2, 318; cf.

custodiae,

Tac. A. 5, 10:

inter tumultum,

Liv. 28, 33:

mediis Achivis,

Verg. A. 1, 242 et saep.—

Of limbs or joints, to be dislocated:

articuli,

Cels. 8, 11, 13:

id quod in latus elapsum est, digitis restitui,

id. 8, 19:

illi elapsos in pravum artus, etc.,

Tac. H. 4, 81.—

Trop.

In gen., to slip away, escape:

causa e manibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 50; cf.:

rei publicae statum illum elapsum scito esse de manibus,

id. Att. 1, 16, 6; and with this cf. id. Mur. 39, 85:

animus devinctus paulatim elapsus est Bacchidi,

i. e. became estranged, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 94: libros adolescenti elapsos esse, had slipped from him, i. e. had been published prematurely, Quint. 3, 1, 20:

in servitutem elapsi,

who had insensibly fallen into, Liv. 3, 37.—

In partic.

To get off, get clear, escape from condemnation, punishment:

ex tot tantisque criminibus elapsus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58; 2, 1, 39 fin.; id. de Sen. 12 fin.; id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2; Quint. 2, 11, 2; 3, 6, 83; Suet. Tib. 33 al. Less freq. of things:

ne quod maleficium impunitate elaberetur,

Suet. Aug. 32.—

Pregn., to pass away, disappear, escape:

imperfecta tibi elapsa est vita,

Lucr. 3, 958; so,

ea spes,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 101:

assensio omnis illa,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: aliquid memoriă, id. Phil. 13, 5, 11; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 33; Luc. 9, 80.—

Act. like effugere, to escape from any evil or danger (post-Aug. and very rare):

pugnam aut vincula,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

custodias,

id. H. 3, 59; Flor. 1, 10, 7 Duker. N. cr.:

vim ignium (statua),

Tac. A. 4, 64.

sĕnectus, a, um, adj. [senex], aged, very old.

Adj. (rare, and mostly anteclass.):

senecta aetas,

Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 12; id. Trin. 1, 2, 5; id. Aul. 2, 2, 75; id. Cas. 2, 3, 23; 2, 3, 41; id. Merc. 5, 4, 25; Lucr. 5, 886; 5, 896; Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 165:

membris exire senectis,

Lucr. 3, 772: corpus, Sall. ap. Prisc. p. 869 (H. 4, 63 Dietsch): aetas, id. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 11, 165 (H. inc. lib. 115 Dietsch).—

Subst.: sĕ-necta, ae, f., old age, extreme age, senility (freq., though mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; cf. 2. senectus).

In abstr.: prospiciendum ergo in senectā: nunc adulescentia est, Lucil. ap. Non. 492, 23; Enn. ap. Cic. Or. 55, 184 (Trag. v. 393 Vahl.; v. Vahl. N. cr. ad h. 1.); Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 60 (opp. aetatula); id. Trin. 2, 3, 7; id. Mil. 3, 1, 29; * Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 31; Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 8, 25; Lucr. 4, 1256; Liv. 2, 40, 6; 6, 8, 2; 24, 4, 2; 28, 16, 12; 38, 53, 9; Cat. 64, 217; Tib. 1, 4, 31; 1, 8, 42; 1, 10, 40 al.; Prop. 1, 19, 17; 2, 13 (3, 5), 47; 3, 5 (4, 4), 24; 3, 19 (4, 18), 15; Verg. G. 1, 186; 3, 96; id. A. 6, 114 al.; Hor. C. 1, 31, 19; 2, 6, 6; 2, 14, 3; id. Ep. 2, 2, 211; Ov. M. 3, 347; 6, 37; 6, 500;

6, 675 et saep. al.: in senectā,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 5 Müll.;

so in prose,

Petr. 132, 10; Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167; 8, 32, 50, § 116; 16, 27, 51, § 117 et saep.; Tac. A. 3, 23; 3, 55; 4, 41; 4, 58 fin.; 13, 33; 14, 65 al.; Suet. Aug. 79; id. Ner. 40; id. Galb. 4, 17; id. Gram. 11; Vulg. Psa. 70, 18 al.—

In the elder Pliny, concr. ( = 2. senectus, II.), the old skin, slough of a serpent, cast off annually:

serpentes senectam exuendo, etc.,

Plin. 20, 23, 95, § 254; 28, 11, 48, § 174; 30, 8, 22, § 69.—

An old man, Sil. 8, 6; cf. id. 7, 178.

sĕnectūs, ūtis,f. [senex].

Old age, extreme age, senility (freq. and class.; only in sing.): adulescentia (tua) senectuti dedecoramentum (fuit), senectus rei publicae flagitium, C. Gracch. ap. Isid. Orig. 2, 21, 4; cf.:

quasi qui adulescentiam florem aetatis, senectutem occasum vitae velit definire,

Cic. Top. 7, 32:

ut in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute... ut tum ad senem senex de senectute, sic, etc.,

id. Lael. 1, 4 sq.; cf. id. Sen. 1 sqq.:

T. Aufidius, qui vixit ad summam senectutem,

id. Brut. 48, 179:

cum esset summā senectute et perditā valetudine,

id. Phil. 8, 10, 31:

confecti homines senectute,

id. Fin. 5, 11, 33:

ted optestor per senectutem tuam,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 3:

ibi fovebo senectutem meam,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 62; Ter. And. 5, 3, 16; id. Ad. 5, 3, 47; id. Hec. 1, 2, 44 al.; Caecil. ap. Cic. Sen. 8, 25; Lucr. 1, 414; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 4; 5, 8, 10; id. Fin. 5, 11, 32; id. de Or. 1, 60, 255 et saep.; Cat. 108, 1; Tib. 2, 2, 19; Verg. G. 3, 67; id. A. 5, 416; 6, 304; 7, 440; Ov. M. 14, 143; Luc. 1, 343; 2, 128; Stat. S. 3, 3, 156; Tac. A. 1, 4; 6, 31; 12, 40;

14, 40: dum virent genua, Et decet, obductā solvatur fronte senectus,

the moroseness of old age, Hor. Epod. 13, 5; cf.:

quae vos tam foeda senectus corripuit, fregitque animos?

Val. Fl. 6, 283.—Of style; only trop., and hence with quasi:

cum ipsa oratio jam nostra canesceret haberetque suam quandam maturitatem et quasi senectutem,

Cic. Brut. 2, 8:

plena litteratae senectutis oratio,

id. ib. 76, 265.—Of inanim. things (for vetustas; only poet. and very rare):

vos (tabellae) cariosa senectus Rodat,

Ov. Am. 1, 12, 29:

vini veteris,

Juv. 5, 34; 13, 214.— Prov.: aquilae senectus, v. aquila.—

Transf.

Personified, the goddess of old age, Old Age:

tristis Senectus,

Verg. A. 6, 275.—

Old age, i. e. old men:

senectus semper agens aliquid,

Cic. Sen. 8, 26; cf. id. ib. 14, 48; cf.:

aequari adulescentes senectae suae impatienter indoluit,

Tac. A. 4, 17.—

Gray hairs:

temporibus geminis canebat sparsa senectus,

Verg. A. 5, 416. —

The old skin, slough, cast off yearly by serpents and other animals:

Theophrastus auctor est, anguis modo et stelliones senectutem exuere eamque protinus devorare,

Plin. 8, 31, 49, § 111; 9, 30, 50, § 95; 30, 7, 19, § 57; 30, 9, 23, § 81; cf. senecta, supra, II. B.