LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

ēlabōrō

ēlabōrō (present infinitive ēlabōrāre, perfect active ēlabōrāvī, supine ēlabōrātum)
Classical[eː.ɫaˈboː.roː]Ecclesiastical[e.laˈbɔː.ro]

Meaning

  1. to take pains or endeavor
    Tum Sulpicius: Quid igitur? inquit, patiemur Caesarem, qui, quanquam Crasso facetias concedit, tamen multo in eo studio magis ipse elaborat, non explicare nobis totum genus hoc iocandi1942 translation by E. W. Sutton and H. Rackham “How now?” interposed Sulpicius, “shall we permit Caesar, who, though yielding precedence in wit to Crassus, yet toils far harder in that field himself, to deny us a complete exposition of this type of jesting"55 BCE, Cicero, De oratore 57
  2. to elaborate

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Labor · Molestia · Ærumna

1. Labor is the toil which requires strength and causes weariness, like πόνος; molestia (from μόλις, μαλερός) the trouble which, by its greatness or unseasonableness, dispirits, like χαλεπότης; ærumna (αἰρομένη) the hardship that almost exceeds human strength, and bows down even the hero, like ταλαιπωρία; an antiquated, half-poetical expression, in Cic. Fin. ii. 35, and Quintil. viii. 3, 26. Cic. Fin. v. 32. Ut ubi virtus sit resque magnæ et summe laudabiles virtute res gestæ, ibi esse miseria et ærumna non possit, tamen labor possit, possit molestia. (iv. 422.) 2. Laborare denotes, as an intransitive verb, to be in a state of trouble and toil; but elaborare, as a transitive verb, to produce something by trouble and toil. (i. 116.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.ēlabōrōēlabōrābamēlabōrābōēlabōrāvīēlabōrāveramēlabōrāverō
ēlabōrārō
2nd sg.ēlabōrāsēlabōrābāsēlabōrābisēlabōrāvistī
ēlabōrāstī		ēlabōrāverās
ēlabōrārās		ēlabōrāveris
3rd sg.ēlabōratēlabōrābatēlabōrābitēlabōrāvitēlabōrāverat
ēlabōrārat		ēlabōrāverit
ēlabōrārit
1st pl.ēlabōrāmusēlabōrābāmusēlabōrābimusēlabōrāvimusēlabōrāverāmusēlabōrāverimus
ēlabōrārimus
2nd pl.ēlabōrātisēlabōrābātisēlabōrābitisēlabōrāvistis
ēlabōrāstis		ēlabōrāverātis
ēlabōrārātis		ēlabōrāveritis
ēlabōrāritis
3rd pl.ēlabōrantēlabōrābantēlabōrābuntēlabōrāvērunt
ēlabōrāvēre, ēlabōrārunt		ēlabōrāverant
ēlabōrārant		ēlabōrāverint
ēlabōrārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.ēlabōremēlabōrāremēlabōrāverim
ēlabōrārim		ēlabōrāvissem
ēlabōrāssem
2nd sg.ēlabōrēsēlabōrārēsēlabōrāverīsēlabōrāvissēs
ēlabōrāssēs
3rd sg.ēlabōretēlabōrāretēlabōrāverit
ēlabōrārit		ēlabōrāvisset
ēlabōrāsset
1st pl.ēlabōrēmusēlabōrārēmusēlabōrāverīmus
ēlabōrārīmus		ēlabōrāvissēmus
ēlabōrāssēmus
2nd pl.ēlabōrētisēlabōrārētisēlabōrāverītis
ēlabōrārītis		ēlabōrāvissētis
ēlabōrāssētis
3rd pl.ēlabōrentēlabōrārentēlabōrāverint
ēlabōrārint		ēlabōrāvissent
ēlabōrāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.ēlabōrorēlabōrābarēlabōrābor
2nd sg.ēlabōrāris
ēlabōrāre		ēlabōrābāris
ēlabōrābāre		ēlabōrāberis
ēlabōrābere
3rd sg.ēlabōrāturēlabōrābāturēlabōrābitur
1st pl.ēlabōrāmurēlabōrābāmurēlabōrābimur
2nd pl.ēlabōrāminīēlabōrābāminīēlabōrābiminī
3rd pl.ēlabōranturēlabōrābanturēlabōrābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.ēlabōrerēlabōrārer
2nd sg.ēlabōrēris
ēlabōrēre		ēlabōrārēris
ēlabōrārēre
3rd sg.ēlabōrēturēlabōrārētur
1st pl.ēlabōrēmurēlabōrārēmur
2nd pl.ēlabōrēminīēlabōrārēminī
3rd pl.ēlabōrenturēlabōrārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.ēlabōrāēlabōrāre
pres. 2nd pl.ēlabōrāteēlabōrāminī
fut. 2nd sg.ēlabōrātōēlabōrātor
fut. 3rd sg.ēlabōrātōēlabōrātor
fut. 2nd pl.ēlabōrātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.ēlabōrantōēlabōrantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveēlabōrāreēlabōrārī
perfect infinitiveēlabōrāvisse
ēlabōrāsse		ēlabōrātum esse
future infinitiveēlabōrātūrum esseēlabōrātum īrī
present participleēlabōrāns—
perfect participle—ēlabōrātus
ēlabōrāta, ēlabōrātā, ēlabōrātae, ēlabōrātam, ēlabōrātārum, ēlabōrātās, ēlabōrātī, ēlabōrātōrum, ēlabōrātōs
future participleēlabōrātūrus
ēlabōrātūra, ēlabōrātūrā, ēlabōrātūrae, ēlabōrātūram, ēlabōrātūrārum, ēlabōrātūrās, ēlabōrātūre, ēlabōrātūrī, ēlabōrātūrīs, ēlabōrātūrō, ēlabōrātūrōrum, ēlabōrātūrōs, ēlabōrātūrum		ēlabōrandus
ēlabōranda, ēlabōrandā, ēlabōrandae, ēlabōrandam, ēlabōrandārum, ēlabōrandās, ēlabōrande, ēlabōrandīs, ēlabōrandōrum, ēlabōrandōs
gerundēlabōrandī, ēlabōrandō, ēlabōrandumsupineēlabōrātum, ēlabōrātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

in litteris elaborare (De Sen. 8. 26)
to apply oneself very closely to literary, scientific work.
desudare et elaborare in aliqua re (De Senect. 11. 38)
to exert oneself very considerably in a matter.

ē-lăbōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
I.
I. Neutr., to labor, endeavor, exert one's self, take pains either successfully or perseveringly = eniti (class.; most freq. in Cic.).— Constr. with ut, in aliqua re, in aliquid, with acc. and inf. as object, or absol.
(a). With ut: enitere, elabora, vel potius eblandire, effice, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 16 C, § 12; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14 fin.; id. de Or. 2, 72 fin.; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 18 (twice); and pass. impers.: aperte elaboratur, ut verba verbis respondeant, Cic. Or. 12, 38.—
(b). In aliqua re (so in Cic. most freq.): elaborant (senes) in iis, quae, etc., Cic. de Sen. 7, 24 Gernh.; 8, 26; 11, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 3; 1, 5, 18; id. Or. 16 fin.; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 25 fin.; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Fam. 2, 6 fin. al.; Quint. 5, 10, 119; and pass. impers., Tac. Or. 29.— Also in eo (iis), ut, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 45.—
(g). In aliquid (very seldom): ei non in unam partem aliquam, sed in omnia elaborandum est, Quint. 2, 8, 8; cf.: totis mentibus huc tendamus, in hoc elaboremus, id. 12, 1, 31, v. Spald. N. cr. —*
(d). With acc. and inf. as object: (declamatores) breviores commentarios facere elaborarunt, Quint. 3, 8, 58.—(ε) Absol. (very rare), Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 24; so Dom. Afer. in Quint. 6, 3, 68: arte, Vulg. Sap. 14, 19.—
II. Act., to labor on, take pains with, to work out, elaborate (so for the most part only in the pass., and esp. freq. since the Aug. period): quicquid elaborari aut effici potuerit ad istorum benevolentiam conciliandam, Cic. Fam. 9, 16: in ingenio quoque, sicut in agro, quamquam diu serantur atque elaborentur, Tac. Or. 6 fin.: a Graecis elaborata dicendi vis atque copia, Cic. Brut. 7, 26: causae diligenter elaboratae et tamquam elucubratae, carefully elaborated, id. ib. 90 fin.; cf. in the part. perf., id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; id. Cael. 19, 45; Quint. 4, 1, 54; 8, 3, 12; Hor. Epod. 14, 12 al.: elaboratum a parentibus imperium, acquired by the labors of, Just. 1, 2, 11.—In the act.: candelabrorum superficiem, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11: non Siculae dapes Dulcem elaborabunt saporem, Hor. C. 3, 1, 19.—
B. In rhet.: ēlăbōrātus, a, um, P. a., sometimes with the accessory notion of overdoing, elaborate: elaborata concinnitas, Cic. Or. 25, 84: nihil arcessiti et elaborati, Quint. 12, 10, 40.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinēlabōrō

Latin ex- Old Latin labōs Latin labor Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin labōrō Latin ēlabōrō From ex- (“out of”) + labōrō (“to work”).

Descendants
  • Catalanelaborar
  • Englishelaborate
  • Frenchélaborer
  • Italianelaborare
  • Occitanelaborar
  • Portugueseelaborar
  • Romanianelabora
  • Spanishelaborar
  • Galicianelaborar
  • Idoelaborar

Quick answers

What does ēlabōrō mean in Latin?
ēlabōrō, a verb, means “to take pains or endeavor; to elaborate”.
What are the principal parts of ēlabōrō?
ēlabōrō, ēlabōrāre, ēlabōrāvī, ēlabōrātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce ēlabōrō?
In classical Latin, [eː.ɫaˈboː.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [e.laˈbɔː.ro].
Where does ēlabōrō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēlabōrō.