dī-lābor — Lewis & Short
dī-lābor, lapsus, 3,
I v. dep. n., to fall asunder, go to pieces, melt away, dissolve (class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.:
glacies liquefacta et dilapsa,Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26; cf.
nix,Liv. 21, 36, 6:
nebula,id. 41, 2, 4:
calor,Verg. A. 4, 705:
Vulcanus (i. e. ignis),Hor. S. 1, 5, 73:
aestus,Tac. A. 14, 32 et saep.—Of a river, to flow apart, flow away, hoc quasi rostro finditur Fibrenus, et divisus aequaliter ... rapideque dilapsus cito in unum confluit, Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:
amnis presso in solum alveo dilabitur,Curt. 5, 4, 8; cf. Mütz. ad h. 1.—Poet.:
ungula in quinos dilapsa ungues,divided, Ov. M. 1, 742:
(Proteus) in aquas tenues dilapsus abibit,melting, Verg. G. 4, 410.—
B In partic.
1 In the historians, of persons, esp. of soldiers, to move away in different directions, to flee, escape, scatter, disperse:
exercitus amisso duce brevi dilabitur,Sall. J. 18, 3;
so,absol., id. C. 57, 1; Nep. Eum. 3, 4; Liv. 9, 45; Front. Strat. 2, 1, 18 al.— With ab:
ab signis,Liv. 23, 18; cf. id. 37, 20.—With ex or e, Liv. 6, 17; 24, 46, 4.— With in:
in oppida,Liv. 8, 29; cf. id. 21, 32; 40, 33; Front. Strat. 3, 8, 3.—With ad, Suet. Calig. 48; Front. Strat. 3, 6, 3:
domum,id. ib. 2, 12 fin.:
ab eo,desert, Vulg. 1 Reg. 13, 8.—
2 Pregn., to tumble down, i. e. to fall to pieces, go to decay:
monumenta virum dilapsa,Lucr. 5, 312;
so of buildings,Liv. 4, 20 Drak.; Tac. A. 4, 43; id. H. 1, 68; 86 fin. al.:
navis putris vetustate,Liv. 35, 26:
supellex,Col. 12, 3, 5:
cadavera tabo,Verg. G. 3, 557; cf.:
corpora foeda,Ov. M. 7, 550:
fax in cineres,Hor. C. 4, 13, 28 et saep.
II Trop. (acc. to I. B. 2.), to go to decay, go to ruin, perish, be lost: male parta male dilabuntur, like our light come, light go, Poëta ap. Cic. Phil. 2, 27 (for which, disperire, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 22):
ne omnia dilabantur, si unum aliquod effugerit,Cic. Tusc. 4, 5, 10:
praeclarissime constituta, respublica,id. Off. 2, 23, 80:
res familiaris,id. ib. 2, 18, 64:
divitiae, vis corporis, etc.,Sall. J. 2, 2:
res maxumae (opp. crescere),id. ib. 10, 6:
omnis invidia,id. ib. 27, 2:
tempus,i. e. to slip away, id. ib. 36, 4:
vectigalia publica negligentiā,i. e. to fall into confusion, Liv. 33, 46 fin.:
curae inter nova gaudia,to vanish, Ov. P. 4, 4, 21 et saep.:
sunt alii plures fortasse, sed meā memoriā dilabuntur,vanish, Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 11.—
2 Of time, to glide away, pass:
dilapso tempore,Sall. J. 36, 4.