elabor

ē-lābor, elapsus (elabsus), 3, v. dep. n. and a.

I.

Neutr., to slip or glide away, to fall out, get off, escape (class.).

A.

Lit.:

anguilla est, elabitur,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 57;

so of a snake,

Liv. 1, 56; 26, 19; Verg. G. 1, 244; Ov. M. 9, 63:

cum se convolvens sol elaberetur et abiret,

Cic. Div. 1, 23, 46:

(animal) ex utero elapsum,

id. N. D. 2, 51, 128; cf. id. Cat. 1, 6 fin.:

elapsae manibus tabellae,

Ov. M. 9, 571; cf.:

gladius ei e manu,

Just. 33, 2, 3:

jumentum e manibus curantium elapsum,

Liv. 44, 40:

animi corporibus elapsi,

Cic. Rep. 6, 26 fin.; cf. id. Tusc. 1, 45 fin.:

quicquid incidit, fastigio musculi elabitur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 11, 1:

Manlii cuspis super galeam hostis elapsa est,

slipped along, Liv. 8, 7:

foras elapsa corpora,

Lucr. 5, 489.—

b.

In an upward direction of fire:

frondes elapsus in altas,

having crept, glided, upwards, Verg. G. 2, 305. —

2.

In partic.

(α).

Of persons, to slip off, get clear, escape:

ex proelio elapsi,

Caes. B. G. 5, 37 fin.:

e soceri manibus ac ferro,

Cic. Att. 10, 4, 3:

de caede Pyrrhi,

Verg. A. 2, 526:

telis Achivum,

id. ib. 2, 318; cf.

custodiae,

Tac. A. 5, 10:

inter tumultum,

Liv. 28, 33:

mediis Achivis,

Verg. A. 1, 242 et saep.—

(β).

Of limbs or joints, to be dislocated:

articuli,

Cels. 8, 11, 13:

id quod in latus elapsum est, digitis restitui,

id. 8, 19:

illi elapsos in pravum artus, etc.,

Tac. H. 4, 81.—

B.

Trop.

A.

In gen., to slip away, escape:

causa e manibus,

Cic. de Or. 2, 50; cf.:

rei publicae statum illum elapsum scito esse de manibus,

id. Att. 1, 16, 6; and with this cf. id. Mur. 39, 85:

animus devinctus paulatim elapsus est Bacchidi,

i. e. became estranged, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 94: libros adolescenti elapsos esse, had slipped from him, i. e. had been published prematurely, Quint. 3, 1, 20:

in servitutem elapsi,

who had insensibly fallen into, Liv. 3, 37.—

B.

In partic.

1.

To get off, get clear, escape from condemnation, punishment:

ex tot tantisque criminibus elapsus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 58; 2, 1, 39 fin.; id. de Sen. 12 fin.; id. Q. Fr. 3, 4, 2; Quint. 2, 11, 2; 3, 6, 83; Suet. Tib. 33 al. Less freq. of things:

ne quod maleficium impunitate elaberetur,

Suet. Aug. 32.—

2.

Pregn., to pass away, disappear, escape:

imperfecta tibi elapsa est vita,

Lucr. 3, 958; so,

ea spes,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 101:

assensio omnis illa,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 24: aliquid memoriă, id. Phil. 13, 5, 11; cf. Quint. 10, 3, 33; Luc. 9, 80.—

II.

Act. like effugere, to escape from any evil or danger (post-Aug. and very rare):

pugnam aut vincula,

Tac. A. 1, 61:

custodias,

id. H. 3, 59; Flor. 1, 10, 7 Duker. N. cr.:

vim ignium (statua),

Tac. A. 4, 64.