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dē-lābor, lapsus, 3, v. dep. n., to fall, sink, slip down (freq. and class.).

  1. I. Lit.: signum, de caelo delapsum, Cic. Phil. 11, 10, 24: de manibus audacissimorum civium delapsa arma, id. Off. 1, 22, 77; Caes. B. C. 2, 11: sinus ab humero, Quint. 11, 3, 144: ex utraque parte (aqua), Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 180: ex equo, Liv. 37, 34 fin.: ab aethere, to glide down, poet. for to fly down, sc. to the earth, Ov. M. 1, 608; cf.: aetheriis ab astris, Verg. A. 5, 838: caelo, id. ib. 5, 722: summo Olympo, Ov. M. 1, 212: per auras, id. ib. 3, 101; also absol.: aquila leniter delapsa, Suet. Aug. 94: curru delapsus eodem, Verg. A. 10, 596; cf. Ov. M. 15, 685: serta capiti delapsa, Verg. E. 6, 16: in terram delabi, Lucr. 6, 838: in scrobes, Caes. B. G. 7, 82: de caelo in provinciam, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2: in mare (flumen), Hor. Od. 3, 29, 35: sensit medios delapsus in hostes, Verg. A. 2, 377: te aequoream Lemnon, Val. Fl. 2, 127: voce delapsa a magnifica gloria, Vulg. 2 Petr. 1, 17.
  2. II. Trop. (esp. freq. in Cic.), to come down, sink, descend; and with reference to the term. ad quem, to slide or fall into: jam a sapientium familiaritatibus ad vulgares amicitias oratio nostra delabitur, Cic. Lael. 21; cf. id. Cael. 7, 15; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 18; and: aut a minoribus ad majora ascendimus, aut a majoribus ad minora delabimur, id. Part. 4, 12: in idem genus morbi delapsa, Cic. Att. 7, 5; cf.: in hoc vitium scurrile, id. de Or. 2, 60, 246: in amorem libertae, Tac. A. 13, 12: in ambitionem, id. ib. 3, 63 et saep.: cujus in similitudinem proclivi cursu delabitur, Cic. Rep. 1, 28: in istum sermonem, id. de Or. 1, 21, 96: in eas difficultates, ut, etc., id. Fat. 17; cf.: eo, ut, etc., id. Ac. 2, 18, 59 al.: ad aequitatem et ad rerum naturam, id. Fam. 6, 10, 5: ad impatientiam, Tac. A. 15, 63: ad inopiam, id. ib. 2, 38 fin.
    Of sounds, to descend, be derived: atque etiam illa sunt ab his delapsa plura genera (vocum), Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216.
    In epistolary style: eo magis delabor ad Clodiam, I incline to Clodia (i. e. to purchase her gardens), Cic. Att. 12, 47, 1.

* dē-lăbōro, āre, v. n., to work hard, to overwork, Afran. ap. Non. 393, 15.

dē-lăcĕro, āvi, 1, v. a. (lit., to tear in pieces), trop., to frustrate, destroy: me meamque rem, Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 14 Brix. (Fleck., dilaceravisti, v. dilacero).

dēlā̆crĭmātĭo, ōnis, f. [delacrimo],

  1. I. a watery running or weeping of the eyes (as a disease), Plin. 25, 13, 99, § 156; plur. 34, 11, 26, § 113.
  2. II. A cessation of weeping, Scrib. 37.

* dēlā̆crĭmātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [delacrimo], for or belonging to weeping: collyrium, Marc. Emp. 8.

* dē-lā̆crĭmo (lacrumo), āre, v. n., to shed tears, to weep; transf., of the vine, Col. 4, 9 fin.

dēlaevo, āre, v. dēlēvo.

* dē-lambo, ĕre, v. a., to lick off, to lick, Stat. Th. 2, 681.

* dē-lāmentor, āri, v. dep. a., to lament, bewail: natam ademptam, Ov. M. 11, 331.

‡ dēlănĭāre est descindere et quasi lanam trahere, unde lacinia et lanius dicitur, qui pecus discindit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 73, 12 Müll.

dēlăpĭdo, āre, v. a.

  1. * I. To clear from stones: locum, Cato R. R. 46, 1.
  2. * II. To lay with stones, to pave: DELAPIDATA lapide strata, Paul. ex Fest. p. 73, 13 Müll.; cf.: DELAPIDATA, λιθόστρωτα, Gloss.

1. dēlapsus, a, um, Part. from delabor.

* 2. dēlapsus, ūs, m. [delabor], a falling off, descent: aquae, a flowing off, discharge, Varr. R. R. 1, 6 fin.

* dēlassābĭlis, e, adj. [delasso], that can be wearied out: pectus, Manil. 4, 242.

dē-lasso, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to weary or tire out (rare and poet. for defetigare): labore delassatus, Plaut. Asin. 5, 2, 22: loquacem Fabium, Hor. S. 1, 1, 14.
Poet., with a thing as obj.: delasset omnes fabulas poetarum, Mart. 10, 5 fin.

dēlātĭo, ōnis, f. [defero, no. II. B. 2. b.], an accusation, denunciation: nominis, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 20, 64; id. ib. 3, 7; id. Cluent. 8, 25.
Absol.: cuicumque vos delationem dedissetis, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49; Tac. A. 4, 66; Curt. 6, 8, 13; in plural, Tac. H. 2, 10; 2, 84; Plin. Pan. 34, 5; 45, 2 et saep.

dēlātor, ōris, m. [defero, ], an accuser, informer, denouncer (only post-Aug.; esp. freq. in Tacit. and Suet.): judices … delatores, Quint. 9, 2, 74; cf. 3, 10, 3: delatorum judicium, quasi latronum, Plin. Pan. 34, 1 sq.; 35, 1; Suet. Tib. 45; 61; Tac. A. 6, 40; id. H. 1, 2 et saep.: majestatis, i. e. of hightreason, Tac. A. 2, 50; cf.: Papiae legis, i. e. one who denounces a violation of it, Suet. Ner. 10.

dēlātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [delator], of or belonging to an informer (post-class.): curiositas, Dig. 22, 2, 6: libelli, denunciatory writings, Cod. Theod. 10, 10, 7.

dēlātūra, ae, f. [defero, no. II. B. 2. b.] (late Lat. for delatio), an accusation, information, Tert. adv. Marc. 5, 18 fin.; Vulg Sirach, 38, 17.

dē-lăvo, no perf., -lōtum, āre, v. a., to wash off, wash clean: porcellum liquamine, Apic. 8. 7; Theod. Prisc. 1, 4.

* dē-lēvo (or dēlaevo), āre, v. a., to smooth off, make smooth: plagam acutissimo ferro, Col. Arb. 6, 4.