ē-lăbōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a.
I Neutr. , to labor , endeavor , exert one's self , take pains either successfully or perseveringly = eniti (class.; most freq. in Cic.).— Constr. with ut , in aliqua re , in aliquid , with acc. and inf. as object, or absol.
α With ut : enitere, elabora, vel potius eblandire, effice, ut, etc., Cic. Att. 16, 16 C, § 12; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14 fin. ; id. de Or. 2, 72 fin. ; Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 5, 18 (twice); and pass. impers. : aperte elaboratur, ut verba verbis respondeant, Cic. Or. 12, 38.—
β In aliqua re (so in Cic. most freq.): elaborant (senes) in iis, quae, etc., Cic. de Sen. 7, 24 Gernh.; 8, 26; 11, 38; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 3; 1, 5, 18; id. Or. 16 fin. ; id. Off. 1, 1, 3; id. Agr. 2, 25 fin. ; id. Div. in Caecil. 12, 39; id. Fam. 2, 6 fin. al.; Quint. 5, 10, 119; and pass. impers. , Tac. Or. 29.— Also in eo (iis), ut, etc., Cic. Fin. 1, 4; Quint. 4, 1, 45.—
γ In aliquid (very seldom): ei non in unam partem aliquam, sed in omnia elaborandum est, Quint. 2, 8, 8; cf.: totis mentibus huc tendamus, in hoc elaboremus, id. 12, 1, 31, v. Spald. N. cr. —*
δ With acc. and inf. as object: (declamatores) breviores commentarios facere elaborarunt, Quint. 3, 8, 58.—
ε Absol. (very rare), Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 24; so Dom. Afer. in Quint. 6, 3, 68: arte, Vulg. Sap. 14, 19.—
II Act. , to labor on , take pains with , to work out , elaborate (so for the most part only in the pass. , and esp. freq. since the Aug. period): quicquid elaborari aut effici potuerit ad istorum benevolentiam conciliandam, Cic. Fam. 9, 16: in ingenio quoque, sicut in agro, quamquam diu serantur atque elaborentur, Tac. Or. 6 fin. : a Graecis elaborata dicendi vis atque copia, Cic. Brut. 7, 26: causae diligenter elaboratae et tamquam elucubratae, carefully elaborated , id. ib. 90, 312 fin. ; cf. in the part. perf. , id. de Imp. Pomp. 1, 1; id. Cael. 19, 45; Quint. 4, 1, 54; 8, 3, 12; Hor. Epod. 14, 12 al.: elaboratum a parentibus imperium, acquired by the labors of , Just. 1, 2, 11.—In the act. : candelabrorum superficiem, Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11: non Siculae dapes Dulcem elaborabunt saporem, Hor. C. 3, 1, 19.—
B In rhet.: ēlăbōrātus , a, um, P. a., sometimes with the accessory notion of overdoing, elaborate : elaborata concinnitas, Cic. Or. 25, 84: nihil arcessiti et elaborati, Quint. 12, 10, 40.