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|lshtext=<b>ē-lăbōro</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and<br /><b>I</b> a.<br /><b>I</b> Neutr., to [[labor]], endeavor, [[exert]] one's [[self]], [[take]] pains [[either]] [[successfully]] or [[perseveringly]] = eniti ([[class]].; [[most]] freq. in Cic.).— Constr. [[with]] ut, in [[aliqua]] re, in aliquid, [[with]] acc. and inf. as [[object]], or absol.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With ut: enitere, elabora, vel [[potius]] eblandire, effice, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 16 C, § 12; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 72 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 18 ([[twice]]); and [[pass]]. impers.: aperte elaboratur, ut verba verbis respondeant, Cic. Or. 12, 38.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In [[aliqua]] re (so in Cic. [[most]] freq.): elaborant (senes) in iis, quae, etc., Cic. de Sen. 7, 24 Gernh.; 8, 26; 11, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 3; 1, 5, 18; id. Or. 16 fin.; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 25 fin.; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Fam. 2, 6 fin. al.; Quint. 5, 10, 119; and [[pass]]. impers., Tac. Or. 29.— Also in eo (iis), ut, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In aliquid ([[very]] [[seldom]]): ei non in unam partem [[aliquam]], sed in omnia elaborandum est, Quint. 2, 8, 8; cf.: totis mentibus huc tendamus, in hoc elaboremus, id. 12, 1, 31, v. Spald. N. cr. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc. and inf. as [[object]]: (declamatores) breviores commentarios facere elaborarunt, Quint. 3, 8, 58.—（ε) Absol. ([[very]] [[rare]]), Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 24; so Dom. [[Afer]]. in Quint. 6, 3, 68: [[arte]], Vulg. Sap. 14, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Act., to [[labor]] on, [[take]] pains [[with]], to [[work]] [[out]], [[elaborate]] (so for the [[most]] [[part]] [[only]] in the [[pass]]., and esp. freq. [[since]] the Aug. [[period]]): [[quicquid]] elaborari aut effici potuerit ad istorum benevolentiam conciliandam, Cic. Fam. 9, 16: in ingenio [[quoque]], [[sicut]] in agro, [[quamquam]] diu serantur [[atque]] elaborentur, Tac. Or. 6 fin.: a Graecis elaborata dicendi vis [[atque]] [[copia]], Cic. Brut. 7, 26: causae [[diligenter]] elaboratae et [[tamquam]] elucubratae, [[carefully]] elaborated, id. ib. 90 fin.; cf. in the [[part]]. perf., id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; id. Cael. 19, 45; Quint. 4, 1, 54; 8, 3, 12; Hor. Epod. 14, 12 al.: elaboratum a parentibus [[imperium]], [[acquired]] by the labors of, Just. 1, 2, 11.—In the [[act]].: candelabrorum superficiem, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11: non Siculae dapes Dulcem elaborabunt saporem, Hor. C. 3, 1, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In rhet.: ēlăbōrātus, a, um, P. a., [[sometimes]] [[with]] the [[accessory]] [[notion]] of overdoing, [[elaborate]]: elaborata [[concinnitas]], Cic. Or. 25, 84: [[nihil]] arcessiti et elaborati, Quint. 12, 10, 40.
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|gf=<b>ēlăbōrō</b>,¹⁰ āvī, ātum, āre,<br /><b>1</b> intr., travailler avec soin, s’appliquer fortement : [avec ut ] Cic. de Or. 2, 295, travailler à ; in [[aliqua]] re Cic. CM 26, s’appliquer à qqch., porter son effort sur qqch. ; [in et l’acc.] Quint. 2, 8, 8 ; [avec infin.] Quint. 3, 8, 58, s’efforcer de<br /><b>2</b> tr., <b> a)</b> faire avec application, élaborer, perfectionner [au pass. et surtout au part. d. Cic. ; un seul ex. avec actif : [[quod]]... elaboravi Cic. ad Br. 22, 1 ] : Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 2 ; Br. 26 ; elaborare superficiem Plin. 34, 11, travailler délicatement la partie supérieure ; [[opus]] [[tam]] elaboratum Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 126, œuvre d’art d’un travail si parfait ; <b> b)</b> produire par le travail : elaborata [[concinnitas]] Cic. Or. 84, arrangement artificiel (réalisé avec trop de recherche); [poét.] ei dapes dulcem elaborant saporem Hor. O. 3, 1, 19, les mets lui ménagent leur saveur agréable.
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