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verb deponent intransitive

sub-lābor

2nd PP sub-lābī · 3rd PP sublapsus · conj. 3rd
to fall; glide; sink under poetic
v. dep. n., to fall, glide, or sink under or down, to sink (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
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Lit.: imperfecta necesse est labent et modo prodeant, modo sublabantur aut succidant, Sen. Ep. 71, § 34: aedificia vetustate sublapsa, Plin. Ep. 10, 75, 1; cf. poet. transf.: annis sublapsa vetustas, Verg. A. 12, 686.—*
to slip down; glide away •
In partic., to slip down, glide away: lues udo sublapsa veneno Pertentat sensus, Verg. A. 7, 354.—
figuratively •
Trop.: retro sublapsa Spes, Verg. A. 2, 169: memoria senum, Sen. Oedip. 817.
Perseus ID: n45931 Key: sublabor