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|lshtext=<b>lăbo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. from the [[same]] [[root]] as 1. [[labor]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[totter]], be [[ready]] to [[fall]], [[begin]] to [[sink]], to [[give]] [[way]], be loosened (syn.: [[vacillo]], [[titubo]], [[nato]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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).—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.

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|georg=labo, āvī, ātum, āre (zu 1. lābor, vgl. placēre [[neben]] plācāre), [[wanken]], dem [[Falle]] [[nahe]] [[sein]], [[fallen]] [[wollen]], I) eig.: labat [[signum]], Cic.: labat ariete [[crebro]] [[ianua]], Verg.: genua labant, Verg.: labant dentes, [[wackeln]], Cels.: [[littera]] [[articulo]] pressa tremente labat, die [[Hand]] ([[Handschrift]]) ist [[nicht]] [[fest]], Ov.: labant vincula, [[fangen]] an zu [[sinken]], Ov.: tremores labantis [[soli]], Sen. – labare sermone (vom Trunkenen), eine schwere [[Zunge]] [[haben]], Plin. – [[postquam]] labantem unā parte videt aciem, Liv.: sustinuit labantem aciem [[Antonius]] accitis praetorianis, Tac. – II) übtr.: 1) im Bestehen [[wanken]], [[schwanken]], zu [[sinken]] beginnen, zusammenzubrechen od. [[über]] den [[Haufen]] zu [[fallen]] [[drohen]], in [[Verfall]] [[geraten]], [[quid]]? [[non]] [[sic]] aliud ex [[alio]] nectitur, ut [[non]], si unam litteram moveris, labent [[omnia]]? Cic.: omnes [[rei]] publicae partes aegras et labantes sanare et confirmare, Cic.: labante causā [[decem]] virorum, Liv.: labante [[iam]] re ([[Glück]]), Liv.: permulta [[iam]] saecula [[publice]] privatimque labante egregiā [[quondam]] disciplinā, Liv.: [[labans]] [[fortuna]] populi Rom., Liv. – [[memoria]] labat, das [[Gedächtnis]] ist [[unzuverlässig]], [[untreu]], Liv.: si [[memoria]] [[mihi]] [[non]] labat, Gell.: [[mens]] in illis (phreneticis) labat, in [[hoc]] (cardiaco) [[constat]], Cels. – [[piger]] labante languore oculos [[sopor]] operit, in die müdverstörten Augen sinkt [[träge]] der [[Schlaf]], Catull. – 2) in seiner [[Standhaftigkeit]] in bezug [[auf]] [[Plan]], [[Ansicht]], [[Gesinnung]], [[Treue]], [[Mut]] [[wanken]], [[schwanken]], [[scito]] labare [[meum]] [[consilium]] [[illud]], [[quod]] [[satis]] [[iam]] fixum videbatur, Cic.: [[fides]] sociorum, [[quae]] ad [[eum]] diem firma steterat, tum labare coepit, Liv.: labare iis [[adversus]] Poenum fidem senserat, Liv.: [[postquam]] vulgatum erat labare Germanici [[exercitus]] fidem, Tac.: cum labat [[ambiguo]] [[spes]] [[mihi]] mixta metu, Ov.: [[ubi]] [[primum]] labare [[regis]] animum (der [[König]] in seiner [[Gesinnung]]) sensit, Liv.: u. so [[postquam]] apparuit labare [[plebis]] animos (das [[Volk]] in seiner [[Gesinnung]]), Liv.: [[aber]] labare animi (der [[Mut]]) coeperunt, Liv. – v. Pers., labamus mutamusque sententiam clarioribus [[etiam]] in rebus, Cic.: cum ei labare M. [[Antonius]] videretur, Cic.: [[etenim]] eae (cohortes) [[quoque]], [[quae]] in his locis sunt, labare dicuntur, Cic.: labantes consilio patres, Hor.

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