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labefacio

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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.
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