delabi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →delabor, delabi, delapsus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
slip/fall/glide/fly/flow down; fall freely/out of control/prostrate; slip into;; drop, descend; sink; fall/fail/lose strength; flow down; be carried downstream;
pres. infin.
Examples
- T
Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...nixari nequeunt insistereque alis, scilicet in terram delabi pondere cogit natura, et vacuum prope iam per inane iacentes..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...moneam et exhorter ne patiaris impetum animi tui delabi et refrigescere. Contine illum et constitue, ut habitus animi..." - M
X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...mitis et matri propitius; ut numen et deus delabi sideribus et venire de liquido puroque aere videbatur. quid..."