Laboratus

Laboratus is a Latin term that functions as both an adjective and the perfect passive participle of laborare (to work). It primarily conveys the sense of “worked” or “labored” and can describe something that has undergone labor, effort, or production. As an adjective it agrees with the noun it modifies: masculine laboratus, feminine laborata, neuter laboratum; plural laborati, laboratae, laborata.

Grammatically, laboratus can appear as a participle in passive constructions using forms of esse to indicate a completed action or result, as in contexts where something has been produced or affected by labor. Beyond this, it can describe objects or outcomes associated with labor in both literal and metaphorical senses in classical Latin texts.

In classical usage, laboratus appears in various contexts to denote things prepared or achieved through labor or effort, and occasionally to characterize a person who has labored. In late Latin, it may occur as a noun by extension, though this is less common.

Today, laboratus is of primary interest to scholars of Latin grammar and philology. It is not a term with a distinct modern application outside linguistic study. It remains a grammatical form rather than a widely used contemporary word, though it is etymologically related to labor and to derived terms in the Latin family of words, including laboratory in its broader conceptual lineage.

See also: labor, laborare, Latin participles, Latin grammar, Latin inscriptions.