lapso, āre, v. freq. n. [1. labor], to slip, slide, stumble, fall.
I Lit. (poet. and in postAug. prose): (Priamum) in multo lapsantem sanguine nati, Verg. A. 2, 551: sanguine suo et lubrico paludum lapsantes (equi), Tac. A. 1, 65: lapsantibus equis, id. H. 1, 79: lapsantem gressum firmare, Sil. 3, 632; Flor. 2, 10, 3: Gyan vidi lapsare cruentae Vulnere Myrmidonis, fall , Stat. Th. 5, 223: plantis lapsantibus, Amm. 14, 2, 6.—
II Trop. (post-class.): verba lapsantia, i. e. babbled forth , Gell. 1, 15, 1.