labefacio

Latin

Etymology

From labō (“give way; waver”) +‎ faciō (“do, make”).

Verb

labefaciō (present infinitive labefacere, perfect active labefēcī, supine labefactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice

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

Conjugation of labefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and partially suppletive in the passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	labefaciō	labefacis	labefacit	labefacimus	labefacitis	labefaciunt
	imperfect	labefaciēbam	labefaciēbās	labefaciēbat	labefaciēbāmus	labefaciēbātis	labefaciēbant
	future	labefaciam	labefaciēs	labefaciet	labefaciēmus	labefaciētis	labefacient
	perfect	labefēcī	labefēcistī	labefēcit	labefēcimus	labefēcistis	labefēcērunt, labefēcēre
	pluperfect	labefēceram	labefēcerās	labefēcerat	labefēcerāmus	labefēcerātis	labefēcerant
	future perfect	labefēcerō	labefēceris	labefēcerit	labefēcerimus	labefēceritis	labefēcerint
passive	present	labefīō	labefīs	labefit	labefīmus	labefītis	labefīunt
	imperfect	labefīēbam	labefīēbās	labefīēbat	labefīēbāmus	labefīēbātis	labefīēbant
	future	labefīam	labefīēs	labefīet	labefīēmus	labefīētis	labefīent
	perfect	labefactus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	labefactus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	labefactus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	labefaciam	labefaciās	labefaciat	labefaciāmus	labefaciātis	labefaciant
	imperfect	labefacerem	labefacerēs	labefaceret	labefacerēmus	labefacerētis	labefacerent
	perfect	labefēcerim	labefēcerīs	labefēcerit	labefēcerīmus	labefēcerītis	labefēcerint
	pluperfect	labefēcissem	labefēcissēs	labefēcisset	labefēcissēmus	labefēcissētis	labefēcissent
passive	present	labefīam	labefīās	labefīat	labefīāmus	labefīātis	labefīant
	imperfect	labefierem	labefierēs	labefieret	labefierēmus	labefierētis	labefierent
	perfect	labefactus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	labefactus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	labeface	—	—	labefacite	—
	future	—	labefacitō	labefacitō	—	labefacitōte	labefaciuntō
passive	present	—	labefī	—	—	labefīte	—
	future	—	labefītō	labefītō	—	labefītōte	labefīuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		labefacere	labefēcisse	labefactūrum esse	labefierī	labefactum esse	labefactum īrī
participles		labefaciēns	—	labefactūrus	—	labefactus	labefaciendus, labefaciundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		labefaciendī	labefaciendō	labefaciendum	labefaciendō	labefactum	labefactū

Derived terms

• labefactātiō
• labefactō
• labefactus

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.