lābēs is, f 2 LAB-, a falling, sinking in, subsidence: ut multis locis labes factae sint: terrae, L.

—A fall, stroke, ruin, destruction: innocentiae: prima mali, first stroke of misfortune, V.

—A spot, blot, stain, blemish, defect (poet.): tractata notam labemque remittunt Atramenta, H.: Victima labe carens, spotless, O.

—Fig., a stain, blot, stigma, disgrace, discredit: domestica: labem integris inferre: domus sine labe, Iu.: vita sine labe peracta, O.: conscientiae labīs in animo habere.

—A cause of ruin, disgrace, scandal, reproach: (Verres) provinciae, scourge: civitatis (of a bad law): labes illa atque caenum, filthy wretch.