perlabor

Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ labor.

Pronunciation

Verb

perlābor (present infinitive perlābī, perfect active perlāpsus sum); third conjugation, deponent

  1. to slip or glide through or over; skim
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.146–147:
      et vastās aperit syrtīs, et temperat aequor,
      atque rotīs summās levibus perlābitur undās.
      [Neptune] clears vast sandbanks, moderates the sea, and with flighted chariot-wheels skims the waves.

Conjugation

References

  • perlabor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perlabor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perlabor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • perlabor in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016