Laboravimus

Laboravimus is a Latin verb form: the perfect indicative active of laborare, meaning “to work.” It translates as “we worked” or, depending on context, “we have worked.” The form comes from the 1st conjugation’s perfect stem laborav- plus the 1st plural ending -imus, yielding the 1st person plural perfect tense.

In Latin, the perfect tense generally marks a completed action relative to the time of speaking. It is commonly used in narrative and descriptive passages to describe past events, though English renderings may vary between simple past and present perfect depending on context and translation choice. The mood is indicative and the voice active.

Usage notes:

- Laboravimus appears in texts to denote that a group performed work in the past.

- It is often accompanied by time expressions such as hodie (“today”) or heri (“yesterday”), or left with implied temporal context from surrounding narrative.

Examples:

- Hodie in agro laboravimus. (Today we worked in the field.)

- Heri in oppido laboravimus. (We worked in the town yesterday.)

Etymology and form:

- The form is built from the verb laborare with a perfect stem laborav- and the ending -imus for 1st person plural. It is a standard example of the perfect active indicative of the 1st conjugation.

See also: Latin verb conjugation, perfect tense, first conjugation.