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waver in fidelity

  • 1 labo

    lăbo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [from the same root as 1. labor], to totter, be ready to fall, begin to sink, to give way, be loosened (syn.: vacillo, titubo, nato).
    I.
    Lit.: labat, labuntur saxa, caementae cadunt, Enn. ap. Non. 196, 3 (Trag. v. 142 Vahl.):

    signum labat,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, 95:

    si ex ictu... labant dentes,

    Cels. 7, 12, 1:

    labat ariete crebro Janua,

    Verg. A. 2, 492:

    labant curvae naves,

    roll, Ov. M. 2, 163:

    pressaeque labant sub gurgite turres,

    id. ib. 1, 290:

    (turris) qua summa labantis Juncturas tabulata dabant,

    Verg. A. 2, 463:

    littera labat,

    written with a trembling hand, Ov. H. 10, 140:

    labare sermone,

    to stutter, speak indistinctly, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 146:

    si labat oculus et hac atque illac movetur,

    is unsteady, Cels. 7, 7, 14:

    tarda trementi genua labant,

    sink, Verg. A. 5, 432; so,

    pedes,

    Ov. F. 6, 676:

    vincla labant,

    are loosed, id. A. A. 2, 85.— Poet., of dying persons:

    inde labant populi,

    fall, sink, Luc. 6, 93; cf.:

    omnia tum vero vitaï claustra lababant,

    Lucr. 6, 1153.—With Gr. acc.:

    egressi labant vestigia prima,

    Verg. A. 10, 283 Forbig. (Rib. egressisque).—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To waver, to be unstable, undecided, to hesitate (in opinion, resolution, etc.):

    si res labat, Itidem amici collabascunt,

    Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 16; cf.:

    scito, labare meum consilium illud, quod satis jam fixum videbatur,

    Cic. Att. 8, 14, 2:

    labamus mutamusque sententiam,

    id. Tusc. 1, 32, 78:

    cum ei labare M. Antonius videretur,

    id. Phil. 6, 4, 10:

    animumque labantem inpulit,

    Verg. A. 4, 22:

    labantia corda,

    id. ib. 12, 223:

    socii labant,

    waver in fidelity, Liv. 22, 61; cf.:

    fides sociorum,

    id. 32, 30, 9:

    animus regis,

    id. 40, 54; 2, 39:

    quīs lababat fides,

    whose fidelity was wavering, Sil. 2, 392:

    mens,

    Ov. M. 6, 629:

    tu mente labantem dirige me,

    Luc. 2, 244:

    ex nimia matrem pietate labare sensit,

    Ov. M. 6, 629:

    memoria labat,

    becomes weak, Liv. 5, 18; cf.:

    mens in illis (phreneticis) labat, in hoc (cordiaco) constat,

    Cels. 3, 19:

    nec dubium habebatur labare hostes,

    Tac. A. 2, 26:

    labante jam Agrippina,

    id. H. 14, 22:

    labantem ordinem contirmare,

    Suet. Caes. 14:

    acies labantes restituere,

    Tac. G. 8 init.:

    sustinere labantem aciem,

    id. H. 3, 23; 5, 18.—
    B.
    To sink, fall to pieces, go to ruin:

    quid non sic aliud ex alio nectitur, ut non, si unam litteram moveris, labent omnia?

    Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 74:

    omnes rei publicae partes aegras et labantes sanare et confirmare,

    id. Mil. 25, 68; cf.:

    sustinuisse labantem fortunam populi Romani,

    Liv. 26, 41:

    sicuti populo Romano sua fortuna labet,

    id. 42, 50:

    labante egregia quondam disciplina,

    id. 36, 6:

    cum res Trojana labaret,

    Ov. M. 15, 437:

    labantibus Vitellii rebus,

    Tac. H. 2, 86:

    si quid in moribus labaret,

    id. A. 2, 33.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > labo

  • 2 labō

        labō āvī, ātus, āre    [2 LAB-], to totter, be ready to fall, begin to sink, give way, be loosened: illud (signum) lababat: labat ariete crebro Ianua, V.: labant naves, roll, O.: littera labat, is unsteady, O.: tarda trementi Genua labant, sink, V.: egressi labant vestigia prima, V.—Fig., to waver, be unstable, be undecided, hesitate: scito, labare meum consilium: labamus mutamusque sententiam: apparuit labare plebis animos, L.: labantes consilio patres, H.: socii labant, waver in fidelity, L.: ex nimiā mentem pietate labare Sensit, O.: memoria labat, becomes weak, L.: acies labantīs restituere, Ta.— To sink, fall to pieces, go to ruin: omnīs rei p. partīs labantīs confirmare: labante egregiā quondam disciplinā, L.: cum res Troiana labaret, O.
    * * *
    labare, labavi, labatus V
    totter, be ready to fall; begin to sink; give way; waver, decline, sink; err

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  • 3 nuto

    nūto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. n. [nuo (of re-nuo, ab-nuo); Gr. neuô; cf. numen, nutus], to nod with the head.
    I.
    Lit.:

    neque illa ulli homini nutet, nictet, annuat,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 39; id. Merc. 2, 3, 72:

    capite nutat,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 52: crebro capitis motu nutans. Suet. Calig. 38:

    nutans. Distorquens oculos,

    Hor. S. 1, 9, 64.—
    B.
    Esp., to command by a nod or sign:

    nutat ne loquar,

    Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 48.—
    II.
    In gen., to sway to and fro, to totter, shake, stagger.
    A.
    Lit.:

    nutant circumspectantibus galeae, et incerti trepidant,

    Liv. 4, 37:

    ornus,

    Verg. A. 2, 629; 9, 682:

    percutiens nutanti pectora mento,

    Ov. M. 11, 620:

    nutans machinamentum,

    Tac. H. 4, 30:

    nutantem vulnere civem,

    Juv. 15, 156:

    rami pondere,

    Ov. A. A. 2, 263:

    cristae,

    Sil. 1, 501:

    turres,

    Luc. 6, 136:

    plaustra,

    Juv. 3, 256.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    To waver in one's opinion or judgment; to doubt, hesitate:

    etiam Democritus nutare videtur in naturā Deorum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 43, 120:

    sic animus vario labefactus vulnere nutat,

    Ov. M. 10, 375; cf. Stat. Th. 8, 614; 4, 197.—
    2.
    To falter in one's fidelity, to be faithless:

    ac primo Festūs nutabat, palam Vitellium, occultis nuntiis Vespasianum fovens,

    Tac. H. 2, 98; Suet. Caes. 4.—
    3.
    To be ready to fall or give way; to totter, to waver, fail, be weak, falter:

    fortuna nutabit,

    Liv. 21, 44:

    tanto discrimine urbs nutabat, ut, etc.,

    Tac. H. 4, 52:

    nutantem aciem victor equitatus incursat,

    id. ib. 3, 18;

    4, 49: rempublicam,

    Suet. Vesp. 8; cf.:

    moenia nutantia Romae,

    Sil. 10, 590:

    nutantem hostem praevenire,

    Tac. H. 3, 40; cf. Flor. 3, 10, 4:

    mundi nutante ruinā,

    Luc. 4, 493.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > nuto

  • 4 vacillo

    văcillo ( a scanned long, Lucr. 3, 502), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [cf. Sanscr. vak-, to roll; vank-, to shake], to sway to and fro; to waddle, stagger, reel, totter, waver, vacillate (class.; a favorite word with Cic.; cf.: nuto, titubo).
    I.
    Lit., of drunken persons: quosdam ex vino vacillantes, quosdam hesternā potatione oscitantes, Cic. Fragm. ap. Quint. 8, 3, 66:

    videre quosdam ex vino vacillantis,

    Quint. 11, 3, 165:

    praepediuntur crure vacillanti,

    Lucr. 3, 479; cf. Ruhnk. ad Rutil. Lup. 2, 7, p. 164 Frotsch.:

    in utramque partem toto corpore vacillans,

    Cic. Brut. 60, 216:

    arbor ventis pulsa vacillans aestuat,

    Lucr. 5, 1096; so,

    ambusta,

    id. 1, 806:

    vacillant omnia tecta,

    id. 6, 575:

    sub pedibus tellus cum tota vacillat,

    id. 5, 1236:

    accepi tuam epistulam vacillantibus litterulis,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 15, 2.—
    II.
    Trop., to waver, hesitate, stagger, be untrustworthy, to vacillate:

    tota res vacillat et claudicat,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 38, 107:

    Erotem ad ista expedienda factum mihi videbar reliquisse, cujus non sine magnā culpā vacillarunt,

    have fallen into confusion, id. Att. 14, 18, 2:

    justitia vacillat vel jacet potius,

    id. Off. 3, 33, 118:

    stabilitas amicitiae vacillat,

    id. Fin. 1, 20, 66:

    legio vacillans,

    wavering in fidelity, id. Phil. 3, 12, 31: gerontikôteron est memoriola vacillare, id. Att. 12, 1, 2:

    partim sumptibus in vetere aere alieno vacillant,

    are staggering beneath a load of old debts, id. Cat. 2, 10, 21:

    aegrotat fama vacillans,

    Lucr. 4, 1124:

    gentes vacillantes,

    Vell. 2, 130, 3:

    cum animus paulum vacillavit,

    Sen. Ep. 114, 22:

    testes, qui adversus fidem testationis suae vacillant, audiendi non sunt,

    Dig. 22, 5, 2:

    cujus (testis) ita anceps fides vacillat,

    ib. 48, 10, 27.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > vacillo

  • 5 labefacio

    lăbĕfăcĭo, fēci, factum (labefactarier, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 5), 3, v. a.; pass.: lăbĕfīo, factus, fieri [labo-facio], to cause to totter, to shake, loosen, to make ready to fall (Cic. uses only labefactus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    dentes alicui,

    Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 36:

    partem muri,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

    labefactae aedes,

    Tac. A. 1, 75:

    labefacta ictibus arbor Corruit,

    Ov. M. 8, 776; id. ib. 3, 69:

    charta (i. e. epistola) a vinclis non labefacta suis,

    loosened, opened, id. P. 3, 7, 6:

    munimenta incussu arietis labefieri,

    Sen. Const. Sap. 6.— Poet.:

    ignes labefacti aëre multo,

    weakened, Lucr. 5, 653:

    membra voluptatis dum vi labefacta liquescunt,

    id. 4, 1108:

    calor labefacta per ossa cucurrit,

    Verg. A. 8, 390.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    To cause to waver, to shake a person in his mind, principles, or fidelity: aliquem, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7:

    quem nulla umquam vis, nullae minae, nulla invidia labefecit,

    Cic. Sest. 47, 101. primores classiariorum, to shake their fidelity, excite them to mutiny, Tac. A. 15, 51:

    sic animus vario labefactus vulnere nutat,

    Ov. M. 10, 375; cf.

    in Greek construction: magno animum labefactus amore,

    shaken, disquieted, Verg. A. 4, 395. —
    B.
    To shake, weaken; to overthrow, ruin, destroy:

    haec (res publica) jam labefacta,

    Cic. Har. Resp. 27, 60:

    quo, per contumeliam consulum, jura plebis labefacta essent,

    Liv. 3, 64:

    nihil hunc amicitia Sejani, sed labefacit haud minus ad exitia Macronis odium,

    Tac. A. 6, 29 (35):

    si priorem aetate et jam labefactum demovisset,

    id. ib. 4, 60:

    ne quis contagione ceteros labefaciat,

    Col. 6, 5, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 93: fidem, to shake or weaken one's credit, Suet. Vesp. 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > labefacio

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