labefacio

labefacio

Latin

Etymology

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

    Verb

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