labour (v.) Copy link Outline I. To work, toil1. lăbōro, 1 (more freq. in other senses, as to be fatigued, in pain, ill, etc.)2. expr. by ŏpus, lăbor., with a verbII. To strive hardIII. To toil, be in distress • labour (v.): I. To work, toil: 1. lăbōro, 1 (more freq. in other senses, as to be fatigued, in pain, ill, etc.): to sow, spend, l. for oneself, sibi serere, impendere, l., Cic. Verr. 3, 52, 121: Quint. So comp. ēlăbōro, 1 (to l. hard: esp. of intellectual labour): Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295. (Allaboro., to l. at or in addition, Hor. only.) 2. expr. by ŏpus, lăbor., with a verb: e. g. to l., opus facere (of husbandry), Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 21: Cic. (v. to work): to l. incessantly, nullum ne minimum quidem tempus ad laborem intermittere, cf. Caes. B. G. 5, 11. II. To strive hard: ēnītor, contendo: v. to strive. III. To toil, be in distress: lăbōro, 1 (perh. the most freq. sense of the verb): Caes.: Cic.: v. to suffer.