I.v. dep. n. [inlabor], to fall, slip, slide, glide, or flow into; to fall down, sink down (rare but class.).
I. Lit.: “quo (i. e. in stomachum) primo illabuntur ea, quae accepta sunt ore,” Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113: “antennis illabitur ebria serpens,” Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 367: “notae jugis illabitur Aetnae,” id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 330: “si fractus illabatur orbis,” should fall in, tumble to ruins, Hor. C. 3, 3, 7: “tepet illabentibus astris Pontus,” Stat. Ach. 1, 138: “rapidus fervor, per pingues unguine taedas illapsus,” Sil. 14, 427: “conjugis illabi lacrimis, unique paratum scire rogum,” to sink down dying, Luc. 5, 281: “qua Nar Tiberino illabitur amni,” id. 1, 475. —
II. Trop., to flow into, penetrate: “si ea sola voluptas esset, quae quasi titillaret sensus, ut ita dicam, et ad eos cum suavitate afflueret et illaberetur,” Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39: “sensim pernicies illapsa civium in animos,” id. Leg. 2, 15, 39: “da, pater, augurium, atque animis illabere nostris,” enter into our minds, Verg. A. 3, 89: “animis illapsa voluptas,” Sil. 15, 95; with per, id. 11, 400.
