toil (v.) Copy link Outline 1. lăbōro,1. to t. for oneself, sibi l., Cic. Verr. 3, 52, 1212. ēlăbōro, 13. dēsūdo, 1 (to fatigue oneself) • toil (v.): 1. lăbōro, 1. to t. for oneself, sibi l., Cic. Verr. 3, 52, 121: to t. at anything, l. circa rem, Quint. 6, 4, 1: in aliquid, Sen.: with inf., Hor. A. P. 25: with acc.: to t. at, Prop. 4, 3, 33: Hor. Epod. 5, 60: v. to labour. 2. ēlăbōro, 1: I am used to t. to do good to causes, e. soleo ut prosim causis, Cic. de Or. 2, 72, 295: to t. at a thing, e. in re, ib. 1, 3, 9: so with acc., or in pass.: Cic.: Quint.: Hor. 3. dēsūdo, 1 (to fatigue oneself): t.ing and labouring at this, in his d. atque laborans, Cic. Sen. 11, 38.