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, 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

   Conjugation of labefaciō (third conjugation iō-variant, suppletive)

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		labefacere			labefierī			labefaciēns			—
future		labefactūrum esse			labefactum īrī			labefactūrus			labefaciendus, labefaciundus
perfect		labefēcisse			labefactum esse			—			labefactus
future perfect		—			labefactum fore			—			—
perfect potential		labefactūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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.