dilabor
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [diːˈɫaː.bɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [diˈlaː.bor]
Verb
dīlābor (present infinitive dīlābī, perfect active dīlāpsus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- to melt away, dissolve
- to fall apart, disintegrate, break up
- to decay, collapse, perish
- Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Bellum Iugurthinum, X.6
- Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumae dilabuntur.
- For with harmony, small things thrive, while with discord the greatest things decay
- Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumae dilabuntur.
- Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Bellum Iugurthinum, X.6
- to flee, escape, scatter
- to pass (of time)
Usage notes
The phrase faciō dīlābī is used to convey the transitive sense of "to disintegrate." (i.e. "Chartās radiīs lūcis faciō dīlābī." = "I disintegrate papers via lasers.")
Conjugation
Conjugation of dīlābor (third conjugation, deponent)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | dīlābor | dīlāberis, dīlābere |
dīlābitur | dīlābimur | dīlābiminī | dīlābuntur | ||||||
| imperfect | dīlābēbar | dīlābēbāris, dīlābēbāre |
dīlābēbātur | dīlābēbāmur | dīlābēbāminī | dīlābēbantur | |||||||
| future | dīlābar | dīlābēris, dīlābēre |
dīlābētur | dīlābēmur | dīlābēminī | dīlābentur | |||||||
| perfect | dīlāpsus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | dīlāpsus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | dīlāpsus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | dīlābar | dīlābāris, dīlābāre |
dīlābātur | dīlābāmur | dīlābāminī | dīlābantur | ||||||
| imperfect | dīlāberer | dīlāberēris, dīlāberēre |
dīlāberētur | dīlāberēmur | dīlāberēminī | dīlāberentur | |||||||
| perfect | dīlāpsus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | dīlāpsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | dīlābere | — | — | dīlābiminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | dīlābitor | dīlābitor | — | — | dīlābuntor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | dīlābī | — | dīlābēns | — | |||||||||
| future | dīlāpsūrum esse | — | dīlāpsūrus | dīlābendus, dīlābundus | |||||||||
| perfect | dīlāpsum esse | — | dīlāpsus | — | |||||||||
| future perfect | dīlāpsum fore | — | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | dīlāpsūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| dīlābendī | dīlābendō | dīlābendum | dīlābendō | dīlāpsum | dīlāpsū | ||||||||
References
- “dilabor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “dilabor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “dilabor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.