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
- I cause to totter, shake, loosen, make ready to fall.
- (figuratively, of a person's mind) I cause to waver, shake, weaken.
- (figuratively) I weaken; overthrow, ruin, destroy.
Inflection
- The verb has an irregular conjugation as for the passive voice.
| Conjugation of labefacio (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular and 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 | labefēcerimus | labefēceritis | 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 | labefactūrus esse | labefierī | labefactus esse | labefactum īrī | |
| participles | labefaciēns | — | labefactūrus | — | labefactus | labefaciendus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| labefacere | labefaciendī | labefaciendō | labefaciendum | 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