illābor (inl-), psus, 3, v. dep. n. [inlabor], to fall, slip, slide, glide, or flow into; to fall down, sink down (rare but class.). Lit.: quo (i. e. in stomachum) primo illabuntur ea, quae accepta sunt ore, Cic. N. D. 2, 54, 135; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 113: antennis illabitur ebria serpens, Claud. III. Cons. Stil. 367: notae jugis illabitur Aetnae, id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 330: si fractus illabatur orbis, should fall in, tumble to ruins, Hor. C. 3, 3, 7: tepet illabentibus astris Pontus, Stat. Ach. 1, 138: rapidus fervor, per pingues unguine taedas illapsus, Sil. 14, 427: conjugis illabi lacrimis, unique paratum scire rogum, to sink down dying, Luc. 5, 281: qua Nar Tiberino illabitur amni, id. 1, 475.

— Trop., to flow into, penetrate: si ea sola voluptas esset, quae quasi titillaret sensus, ut ita dicam, et ad eos cum suavitate afflueret et illaberetur, Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 39: sensim pernicies illapsa civium in animos, id. Leg. 2, 15, 39: da, pater, augurium, atque animis illabere nostris, enter into our minds, Verg. A. 3, 89: animis illapsa voluptas, Sil. 15, 95; with per, id. 11, 400.