labefacto

Latin

Etymology

From labefaciō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /la.beˈfak.toː/, [ɫ̪äbɛˈfäkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.beˈfak.to/, [läbeˈfäkt̪o]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of labefactō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	labefactō	labefactās	labefactat	labefactāmus	labefactātis	labefactant
	imperfect	labefactābam	labefactābās	labefactābat	labefactābāmus	labefactābātis	labefactābant
	future	labefactābō	labefactābis	labefactābit	labefactābimus	labefactābitis	labefactābunt
	perfect	labefactāvī	labefactāvistī	labefactāvit	labefactāvimus	labefactāvistis	labefactāvērunt, labefactāvēre
	pluperfect	labefactāveram	labefactāverās	labefactāverat	labefactāverāmus	labefactāverātis	labefactāverant
	future perfect	labefactāverō	labefactāveris	labefactāverit	labefactāverimus	labefactāveritis	labefactāverint
passive	present	labefactor	labefactāris, labefactāre	labefactātur	labefactāmur	labefactāminī	labefactantur
	imperfect	labefactābar	labefactābāris, labefactābāre	labefactābātur	labefactābāmur	labefactābāminī	labefactābantur
	future	labefactābor	labefactāberis, labefactābere	labefactābitur	labefactābimur	labefactābiminī	labefactābuntur
	perfect	labefactātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	labefactātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	labefactātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	labefactem	labefactēs	labefactet	labefactēmus	labefactētis	labefactent
	imperfect	labefactārem	labefactārēs	labefactāret	labefactārēmus	labefactārētis	labefactārent
	perfect	labefactāverim	labefactāverīs	labefactāverit	labefactāverīmus	labefactāverītis	labefactāverint
	pluperfect	labefactāvissem	labefactāvissēs	labefactāvisset	labefactāvissēmus	labefactāvissētis	labefactāvissent
passive	present	labefacter	labefactēris, labefactēre	labefactētur	labefactēmur	labefactēminī	labefactentur
	imperfect	labefactārer	labefactārēris, labefactārēre	labefactārētur	labefactārēmur	labefactārēminī	labefactārentur
	perfect	labefactātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	labefactātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	labefactā	—	—	labefactāte	—
	future	—	labefactātō	labefactātō	—	labefactātōte	labefactantō
passive	present	—	labefactāre	—	—	labefactāminī	—
	future	—	labefactātor	labefactātor	—	—	labefactantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		labefactāre	labefactāvisse	labefactātūrum esse	labefactārī, labefactārier1	labefactātum esse	labefactātum īrī
participles		labefactāns	—	labefactātūrus	—	labefactātus	labefactandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		labefactandī	labefactandō	labefactandum	labefactandō	labefactātum	labefactātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

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
• labefacto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
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  • 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