labefactum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →labefio, labeferi, labefactus sum:
Verb · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Age:
- Late
be made unsteady; be loosened/shaken; be subverted; (labefacio PASS);
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →labefacio, labefacere, labefeci, labefactus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
make unsteady/totter; loosen, shake; subvert (power/authority); weaken resolve;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...omnipotens ingentia moenia caeli circuit et, ne quid labefactum viribus ignis corruat, explorat. quae postquam firma suique roboris..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...obiecta principis loci si priorem aetate et iam labefactum demovisset. atrox Drusi ingenium super cupidinem potentiae et solita..."