sublabor

sub-lābor, lapsus, 3, v. dep. n., to fall, glide, or sink under or down, to sink ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I.

Lit.:

imperfecta necesse est labent et modo prodeant, modo sublabantur aut succidant,

Sen. Ep. 71, § 34:

aedificia vetustate sublapsa,

Plin. Ep. 10, 75, 1; cf. poet. transf.:

annis sublapsa vetustas,

Verg. A. 12, 686.—

* B.

In partic., to slip down, glide away:

lues udo sublapsa veneno Pertentat sensus,

Verg. A. 7, 354.—

II.

Trop.:

retro sublapsa Spes,

Verg. A. 2, 169:

memoria senum,

Sen. Oedip. 817.