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lăbasco , ĕre,
I.v. n. inch., and lăba-scor , ci, v. dep. labo, to totter, be ready to fall (ante-and post-class.).
I. Lit.: “quod crebro tunditur ictu, vincitur in longo spatio tamen atque labascit,” Lucr. 4, 1285; 1, 537.—
II. Trop., to waver, give way, yield. —Form labascor, Att. ap. Non. 473, 9: “postquam vidit misericordia labasci mentem infirmam populi,” Varr. ib. 473, 11.—Form labasco: “leno labascit,” Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 38: “labascit victus uno verbo,” Ter. Eun. 1, 2, 98; id. Ad. 2, 2, 31: “animum vi quadam nova ictum labascere,” Gell. 15, 2, 7.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Plautus, Rudens, 5.3
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 1.537
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 4.1285
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 15.2.7
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