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Latin
Etymology
From labefaciō.
Pronunciation
Verb
labefactō (present infinitive labefactāre, perfect active labefactāvī, supine labefactātum); first conjugation
- to weaken; to cause to shake or totter
- to destroy, ruin
- (figuratively) to overthrow
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Synonyms
References
- “labefacto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “labefacto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- labefacto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a person waver in his loyalty: fidem alicuius labefactare (Cluent. 60. 194)
- to shake the foundations of religion: religionem labefactare (vid. sect. V. 7, note In Latin metaphor...)
- to shake the stability of the state: rem publicam labefactare