labō āvī, ātus, āre
2 LAB-,
to totter, be ready to fall, begin to sink, give way, be loosened
: illud (signum) lababat: labat ariete crebro
Ianua, V.: labant naves,
roll
, O.: littera labat,
is unsteady
, O.: tarda trementi Genua labant,
sink
, V.: egressi labant vestigia prima,
V.—Fig.,
to waver, be unstable, be undecided, hesitate
: scito, labare meum consilium: labamus mutamusque
sententiam: apparuit labare plebis animos, L.: labantes consilio patres, H.: socii labant,
waver in fidelity
, L.: ex nimiā mentem pietate labare
Sensit, O.: memoria labat,
becomes weak
, L.: acies labantīs
restituere, Ta.—
To sink, fall to pieces, go to ruin
: omnīs rei p. partīs labantīs
confirmare: labante egregiā quondam disciplinā,
L.: cum res Troiana labaret, O.
