lapsus ūs, m 2 LAB-, a falling, fall, slipping, sliding, gliding, running, flowing, flight: equi lapsu iacens, V.: lapsūs Tectorum adsiduos, Iu.: locus recenti lapsu terrae abruptus, a landslide, L.: (stellae) certo lapsu spatioque feruntur, course: medio volvuntur sidera lapsu, V.: volucrium lapsus, flight: celeri per aera lapsu, O.: rotarum, i. e. rolling wheels, V.: morari fluminum lapsūs, H.

—Fig., a failing, error, fault: ab omni lapsu continere temeritatem, i. e. refrain from blundering credulity: populares multi variique lapsūs, ways of losing popularity.