labefacto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →labefio, labeferi, labefactus sum:
Verb · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Age:
- Late
be made unsteady; be loosened/shaken; be subverted; (labefacio PASS);
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →labefacto, labefactare, labefactavi, labefactatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Lesser
shake; cause to waver; make unsteady, loosen; undermine;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →labefacio, labefacere, labefeci, labefactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
make unsteady/totter; loosen, shake; subvert (power/authority); weaken resolve;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dixeris. CHAR. Di me adiuvant. 401-402 DEM. Labefacto paulatim. verum quod praeterii dicere, neque illa matrem satis..."Liber V
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...atque suos efflavit languidus ignis concussos itere et labefactos aëre multo, aut quia sub terras cursum convortere cogit..."
