labō āvī, ātus, āre 2 LAB-, to totter, be ready to fall, begin to sink, give way, be loosened: illud (signum) lababat: labat ariete crebro Ianua, V.: labant naves, roll, O.: littera labat, is unsteady, O.: tarda trementi Genua labant, sink, V.: egressi labant vestigia prima, V.
—Fig., to waver, be unstable, be undecided, hesitate: scito, labare meum consilium: labamus mutamusque sententiam: apparuit labare plebis animos, L.: labantes consilio patres, H.: socii labant, waver in fidelity, L.: ex nimiā mentem pietate labare Sensit, O.: memoria labat, becomes weak, L.: acies labantīs restituere, Ta.
—To sink, fall to pieces, go to ruin: omnīs rei p. partīs labantīs confirmare: labante egregiā quondam disciplinā, L.: cum res Troiana labaret, O.