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praeter-lābor, lapsus, 3, v. dep. n. and a.

  1. I. Lit., to glide or flow by, to fly or run past: praeterlabentia flumina, Quint. 10, 3, 24.
    With acc.: tumulum, Verg. A. 6, 874: hanc (tellurem) pelago praeterlabare necesse est, to sail past, id. ib. 3, 478.
  2. II. Trop., to slip away: (definitio) ante praeterlabitur, quam percepta est, Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 109.