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
- P
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..." - P
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..."
