disfacio

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From dis- (un-) +‎ faciō (do). Attested from AD 779.[1]

Verb

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disfaciō (present infinitive disfacere, perfect active disfēcī, supine disfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to tear down (a building)
  2. to destroy
  3. to maim
  4. to hurt

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “disfacere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 339