illabor

illabor

Latin

Alternative forms

  • inlābor

Etymology

    From in- (into) + lābor (slide).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    illābor (present infinitive illābī, perfect active illāpsus sum); third conjugation, deponent

    1. to fall, slip, slide, glide, or flow into
    2. to fall down, sink down
    3. to collapse, tumble to ruins
    4. to sink down dying
    5. to penetrate
    6. to enter into one’s mind

    Conjugation

    This verb takes the future passive participle illābundus instead of *illābendus.

    Descendants

    • English: illapse

    References

    • illabor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • illabor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.