labefacto

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫa.bɛˈfak.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [la.beˈfak.to]

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

Conjugation of labefactō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	labefactō	labefactās		labefactat	labefactāmus	labefactātis		labefactant
	imperfect	labefactābam	labefactābās		labefactābat	labefactābāmus	labefactābātis		labefactābant
	future	labefactābō	labefactābis		labefactābit	labefactābimus	labefactābitis		labefactābunt
	perfect	labefactāvī	labefactāvistī		labefactāvit	labefactāvimus	labefactāvistis		labefactāvērunt, labefactāvēre
	pluperfect	labefactāveram	labefactāverās		labefactāverat	labefactāverāmus	labefactāverātis		labefactāverant
	future perfect	labefactāverō	labefactāveris		labefactāverit	labefactāverimus	labefactāveritis		labefactāverint
passive	present	labefactor	labefactāris, labefactāre		labefactātur	labefactāmur	labefactāminī		labefactantur
	imperfect	labefactābar	labefactābāris, labefactābāre		labefactābātur	labefactābāmur	labefactābāminī		labefactābantur
	future	labefactābor	labefactāberis, labefactābere		labefactābitur	labefactābimur	labefactābiminī		labefactābuntur
	perfect	labefactātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	labefactātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	labefactātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	labefactem	labefactēs		labefactet	labefactēmus	labefactētis		labefactent
	imperfect	labefactārem	labefactārēs		labefactāret	labefactārēmus	labefactārētis		labefactārent
	perfect	labefactāverim	labefactāverīs		labefactāverit	labefactāverīmus	labefactāverītis		labefactāverint
	pluperfect	labefactāvissem	labefactāvissēs		labefactāvisset	labefactāvissēmus	labefactāvissētis		labefactāvissent
passive	present	labefacter	labefactēris, labefactēre		labefactētur	labefactēmur	labefactēminī		labefactentur
	imperfect	labefactārer	labefactārēris, labefactārēre		labefactārētur	labefactārēmur	labefactārēminī		labefactārentur
	perfect	labefactātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	labefactātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	labefactā		—	—	labefactāte		—
active	future	—	labefactātō		labefactātō	—	labefactātōte		labefactantō
passive	present	—	labefactāre		—	—	labefactāminī		—
passive	future	—	labefactātor		labefactātor	—	—		labefactantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		labefactāre		labefactārī, labefactārier¹		labefactāns		—
future		labefactātūrum esse		labefactātum īrī		labefactātūrus		labefactandus
perfect		labefactāvisse		labefactātum esse		—		labefactātus
future perfect		—		labefactātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		labefactātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		labefactandī	labefactandō		labefactandum	labefactandō	labefactātum		labefactātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

labefactātiō

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^[1], 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