lābēs is, f
2 LAB-,
a falling, sinking in, subsidence
: ut multis locis labes factae sint: terrae,
L.—
A fall, stroke, ruin, destruction
: innocentiae: prima mali,
first stroke of misfortune
, V. —
A spot, blot, stain, blemish, defect
(poet.): tractata notam labemque remittunt Atramenta, H.: Victima labe carens,
spotless
, O.—Fig.,
a stain, blot, stigma, disgrace, discredit
: domestica: labem integris inferre: domus sine
labe, Iu.: vita sine labe peracta,
O.: conscientiae labīs in animo habere.—
A cause of ruin, disgrace, scandal, reproach
: (Verres) provinciae,
scourge
: civitatis (of a bad law): labes illa atque
caenum,
filthy wretch
.