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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.):II.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).—Trop.A.To waver, to be unstable, undecided, to hesitate (in opinion, resolution, etc.):B.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.—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.
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