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labōrō āvī, ātus, āre

2 labor, to labor, take pains, endeavor, exert oneself, strive : ne labora, T.: sibi: frustra laboret Ausus idem, H.: in spem, O.: quid est, in quo se laborasse dicit? in durā humo, O.: in omni gente, in behalf of , Iu.: pro salute meā: laborabat, ut reliquas civitates adiungeret, Cs.: id laborare, ut deberent, etc., S.: ut honore dignus essem, laboravi: te ut miretur turba, H.: et sponsio illa ne fieret, laborasti: quem perspexisse laborant, H.: si sociis fidelissimis prospicere non laboratis: brevis esse, H.: ne quaerere quidem de tantā re, N.—With acc, to work out, work at, produce by toil, elaborate, form, make, prepare, cultivate : quale non perfectius Meae laborarint manūs, H.: Arte laboratae vestes, V.: laborata Ceres, bread , V.: frumenta ceterosque fructūs, Ta.To suffer, labor under, be oppressed, be afflicted, be troubled : sine febri: e dolore, T.: ex pedibus: ex renibus: ex inscientiā: ex aere alieno laborare, be oppressed with debt , Cs.: a re frumentariā, Cs.: laborantes utero puellae, H.: horum morborum aliquo: pestilentiā laboratum est, L.To grieve, be in trouble, be vexed, be concerned, be solicitous, be anxious : nihil laboro, nisi ut salvus sis: sponsio illa ne fieret laborasti: de quibus ego antea laborabam, ne, etc.: his de rebus eo magis laboro, quod, etc.: tuā causā: Neglegens ne quā populus laborat, H.: in re familiari: in uno, i. e. love , H.: cuius manu sit percussus, non laboro, do not concern myself.—To be in distress, be in difficulty, undergo danger : suis laborantibus succurrere, Cs.: laborantibus suis auxilio fore, S.: ut utraque (triremis) ex concursu laborarent, Cs.: cum luna laboret, is eclipsed : laboranti succurrere lunae, Iu.: Silvae laborantes, groaning , H.

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