laboravit

Laboravit is a Latin verb form meaning “he/she/it worked.” It is the third-person singular perfect active indicative form of the verb laborare, which means “to work.” The form indicates a completed action in the past; in Latin the perfect tense often corresponds to English simple past or present perfect, depending on context.

Morphology and usage: Laboravit is built from the perfect stem laborav- with the ending -it, the standard third-person singular ending for the first conjugation in the perfect tense. The subject is implied by the context; the ending does not encode gender. Related forms in the same verb include laboravi (I worked), laboravisti (you worked), laboravimus (we worked), laboravistis (you all worked), and laboraverunt (they worked). Other tenses of laborare include laborat (he/she/it works) and laborabit (he/she/it will work).

Examples: In a Latin sentence, Marcus laboravit in agro. This translates as “Marcus worked in the field.” The form contrasts with laborat, the present tense meaning “he works,” and with imperfect forms such as laborabat, which convey ongoing past action.

Etymology and related forms: The verb laborare is the base, meaning “to work.” Laboravit shares the same root with other perfect forms formed from laborav- plus person endings. The entry of laboravit specifically points to the third-person singular perfect active form and its role in describing completed past actions in Latin texts.