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sub-lābor , lapsus, 3,
I.v. dep. n., to fall, glide, or sink under or down, to sink (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: “imperfecta necesse est labent et modo prodeant, modo sublabantur aut succidant,” Sen. Ep. 71, § 34: “aedificia vetustate sublapsa,” Plin. Ep. 10, 75, 1; cf. poet. transf.: “annis sublapsa vetustas,” Verg. A. 12, 686.—*
B. In partic., to slip down, glide away: “lues udo sublapsa veneno Pertentat sensus,” Verg. A. 7, 354.—
II. Trop.: “retro sublapsa Spes,” Verg. A. 2, 169: “memoria senum,” Sen. Oedip. 817.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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