Laboraverunt

Laboraverunt is a Latin verb form: the third-person plural of the perfect active indicative of laborare, meaning “they labored” or “they worked.” It is used to describe a completed action in the past and is common in classical Latin prose and poetry.

Formation and grammar: laborare is a first-conjugation verb. The perfect stem is laborav-, to which the standard perfect active endings are attached. For the third person plural, the ending is -erunt, giving laboraverunt. It may appear with or without a macron over the ē indicating a long vowels in some editions, written as laborāvērunt in careful typesetting. The form is active voice, tense is perfect, and number is plural, with the subject typically stated or implied in the sentence.

Usage notes: Laboraverunt is used for completed past actions, often in straightforward narrative clauses. It can appear in historical narration, reported speech after verbs of saying or thinking, and in general past descriptions. In English, it is commonly translated as “they labored” or “they worked,” though context can yield translations like “they have worked” when the past action has relevance to the present.

Related forms: The verb belongs to the first conjugation. Other forms include laborat (present), laboravit (perfect singular), laborabunt (future), and the corresponding non-active forms such as laboratus (participle). The present participle is laborans, and the supine is laboratum.

Example: Puellae laboraverunt in agris. They labored in the fields. This illustrates a simple past action with a plural subject.