LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, deponent

perlābor

perlābor (present infinitive perlābī, perfect active perlāpsus sum)
Classical[pɛrˈɫaː.bɔr]Ecclesiastical[perˈlaː.bor]

Meaning

  1. deponentto slip or glide through or over; skim
    et vastās aperit syrtīs, et temperat aequor,[Neptune] clears vast sandbanks, moderates the sea, and with flighted chariot-wheels skims the waves.29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.146–147

Conjugation conjugation 3 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.perlāborperlābēbarperlābar———
2nd sg.perlāberis
perlābere
perlābēbāris
perlābēbāre
perlābēris
perlābēre
———
3rd sg.perlābiturperlābēbāturperlābētur———
1st pl.perlābimurperlābēbāmurperlābēmur———
2nd pl.perlābiminīperlābēbāminīperlābēminī———
3rd pl.perlābunturperlābēbanturperlābentur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.perlābarperlāberer——
2nd sg.perlābāris
perlābāre
perlāberēris
perlāberēre
——
3rd sg.perlābāturperlāberētur——
1st pl.perlābāmurperlāberēmur——
2nd pl.perlābāminīperlāberēminī——
3rd pl.perlābanturperlāberentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.perlābere—
pres. 2nd pl.perlābiminī—
fut. 2nd sg.perlābitor—
fut. 3rd sg.perlābitor—
fut. 3rd pl.perlābuntor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveperlābī—
perfect infinitiveperlāpsum esse—
future infinitiveperlāpsūrum esse—
present participleperlābēns—
perfect participleperlāpsus
perlāpsa, perlāpsā, perlāpsae, perlāpsam, perlāpsārum, perlāpsās, perlāpse, perlāpsī, perlāpsīs, perlāpsō, perlāpsōrum, perlāpsōs
—
future participleperlāpsūrus
perlāpsūra, perlāpsūrā, perlāpsūrae, perlāpsūram, perlāpsūrārum, perlāpsūrās, perlāpsūre, perlāpsūrī, perlāpsūrīs, perlāpsūrō, perlāpsūrōrum, perlāpsūrōs, perlāpsūrum
perlābendus
perlābundus, perlābenda, perlābendā, perlābendae, perlābendam, perlābendārum, perlābendās, perlābende, perlābendīs, perlābendōrum, perlābendōs
gerundperlābendī, perlābendō, perlābendumsupineperlāpsum, perlāpsū

per-lābor, lapsus, 3 (
I. inf. pres. perlabier, Lucr. 5, 766), v. dep. n., to slip or glide through (mostly poet.; perh. Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28, is also a poet. reminiscence): isque (aër) ita per nostras acies perlabitur omnes, Lucr. 4, 248; 4, 357; 5, 764 sq.: nulla nec aërias volucris perlabitur auras, Tib. 4, 1, 127; 4, 1, 155: atque rotis summas levibus perlabitur undas, glides along the surface of the waves, Verg. A. 1, 147: ad nos vix tenuis famae perlabitur aura, id. ib. 7, 646; Stat. S. 4, 6, 4: inde perlapsus ad nos et usque ad Oceanum Hercules, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28.

Origins

From per- + labor.

Quick answers

What does perlābor mean in Latin?
perlābor, a verb, means “to slip or glide through or over; skim”.
What are the principal parts of perlābor?
perlābor, perlābī, perlāpsus sum (third conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce perlābor?
In classical Latin, [pɛrˈɫaː.bɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [perˈlaː.bor].