labefacio

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Latin

Etymology

From labō (give way; waver) +‎ faciō (do, make).

Verb

labefaciō (present infinitive labefacere, perfect active labefēcī, supine labefactum); third conjugation -variant, suppletive

  1. to cause to totter, shake, loosen, make ready to fall
  2. (figuratively, of a person's mind) to cause to waver, shake, weaken
  3. (figuratively) to weaken; overthrow, ruin, destroy

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: labefy

References

  • labefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • labefacio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • labefacio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.