collabor
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
col-lābor: (conl-), lapsus (or labsus), 3, v. dep.,
I to fall together, to fall in ruins; esp. of buildings, to fall in, fall from age (in the ante-Aug. period very rare; not in Cic., Hor., or Quint.).
I Prop., Liv. 35, 9, 3: moenia subito collapsa ruinā sunt, id. 29, 18, 17; Suet. Aug. 30; id. Claud. 25; id. Calig. 21: fastigium domūs collabitur, id. Caes. 81: qui collapsā jacuere ruinā, Sil. 7, 727: succisis asseribus collapsus pons, Liv. 44, 5, 6. postquam conlapsi cineres, Verg. A. 6, 226: eodem anno duodecim celebres Asiae urbes collapsae nocturno motu terrae, Tac. A. 2, 47: AEDES VETVSTATE COLLAPSA, Inscr. Orell. 26.—Of persons, to fall or sink down in a swoon or in death: suscipiunt famulae collapsaque membra Marmoreo referunt thalamo, Verg. A. 4, 391; 8, 584; Ov. M. 7, 826; 5, 96; 6, 295; Tac. A. 2, 31; Suet. Ner. 42; Curt. 4, 10, 19; 7, 6, 22; 8, 2, 39; Petr. 94; Val. Fl. 7, 152; Stat. Achill. 1, 195; cf.: ferro collapsa, Verg. A. 4, 664.—
B Transf.: ossa morbo collapsa, Verg. G. 3, 485: collapsa tempora, oculi concavi, temples fallen in or sunken, Cels. 2, 6: iter urinae senectute collapsum, id. 7, 26.—
II Trop. (very rare): in corruptelam suam, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 3: ira in se ipsa collapsa, Val. Max. 6, 2, 10: in fata, Cod. Just. 5, 14, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
collābor,¹¹ lāpsus sum, lābī (cum, lābor), intr., tomber avec ou en même temps ou d’un bloc, s’écrouler : collabi ante pedes alicujus Petr. 94, 12, tomber comme une masse aux pieds de quelqu’un ; collapsa membra Virg. En. 4, 391, corps défaillant ; ferro collapsa Virg. En. 4, 664, s’affaissant sous le fer (sous le coup) ; fastigium domus collabitur Suet. Cæs. 81, 3, le faîte de la maison s’écroule, cf. Liv. 44, 5, 6 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 47
