Latin

Verb

labefactō ‎(present infinitive labefactāre, perfect active labefactāvī, supine labefactātum); first conjugation

1. I weaken; I cause to shake or totter.
2. I destroy, ruin.
3. (figuratively) I overthrow.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (cause to shake or totter): labefaciō

Related terms

• labefaciō
• labefactātiō
• labefactus

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “labefacto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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