dilabor

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ lābor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /diːˈlaː.bor/, [d̪iːˈɫ̪äːbɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈla.bor/, [d̪iˈläːbor]

Verb

dīlābor (present infinitive dīlābī, perfect active dīlāpsus sum); third conjugation, deponent

1. to melt away, dissolve
2. to fall apart, disintegrate, break up
3. to decay, collapse, perish
   • Gaius Sallustius Crispus, Bellum Iugurthinum, X.6

     Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumae dilabuntur.

     For with harmony, small things thrive, while with discord the greatest things decay

4. to flee, escape, scatter
5. to pass (of time)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dīlābor (third conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīlābor	dīlāberis, dīlābere	dīlābitur	dīlābimur	dīlābiminī	dīlābuntur
	imperfect	dīlābēbar	dīlābēbāris, dīlābēbāre	dīlābēbātur	dīlābēbāmur	dīlābēbāminī	dīlābēbantur
	future	dīlābar	dīlābēris, dīlābēre	dīlābētur	dīlābēmur	dīlābēminī	dīlābentur
	perfect	dīlāpsus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	dīlāpsus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	dīlāpsus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīlābar	dīlābāris, dīlābāre	dīlābātur	dīlābāmur	dīlābāminī	dīlābantur
	imperfect	dīlāberer	dīlāberēris, dīlāberēre	dīlāberētur	dīlāberēmur	dīlāberēminī	dīlāberentur
	perfect	dīlāpsus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	dīlāpsus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	dīlābere	—	—	dīlābiminī	—
	future	—	dīlābitor	dīlābitor	—	—	dīlābuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīlābī	dīlāpsum esse	dīlāpsūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		dīlābēns	dīlāpsus	dīlāpsūrus	—	—	dīlābendus, dīlābundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		dīlābendī	dīlābendō	dīlābendum	dīlābendō	dīlāpsum	dīlāpsū

References

• “dilabor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dilabor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dilabor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.