I.v. freq. n. [id.], 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.
