I.inf. pres. perlabier, Lucr. 5, 766), v. dep. n., to slip or glide through (mostly poet.; perh. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28, is also a poet. reminiscence): “isque (aër) ita per nostras acies perlabitur omnes,” Lucr. 4, 248; 4, 357; 5, 764 sq.: “nulla nec aërias volucris perlabitur auras,” Tib. 4, 1, 127; 4, 1, 155: “atque rotis summas levibus perlabitur undas,” glides along the surface of the waves, Verg. A. 1, 147: “ad nos vix tenuis famae perlabitur aura,” id. ib. 7, 646; Stat. S. 4, 6, 4: “inde perlapsus ad nos et usque ad Oceanum Hercules,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28.
per-lābor , lapsus, 3 (
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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