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Latin
Etymology
From per- + labor.
Pronunciation
Verb
perlābor (present infinitive perlābī, perfect active perlāpsus sum); third conjugation, deponent
- 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.- 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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016