prolapsio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prōlapsĭo, ōnis, f. [prolabor].

I A slipping , falling : ingredi sine casu aut prolapsione, Cic. Cael. 17, 41.—

II A falling or tumbling down : aedificiorum prolapsiones, Suet. Aug. 30.—

III Trop., an error , misstep (late Lat.): intempestiva temeritas et prolapsio, Amm. 20, 4, 15; Ambros. de Noë, 14, 49; id. Bon. Mort. 10, 47.

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