labefacio
χλανίσι δὲ δὴ φαναῖσι περιπεπεµµένοι καὶ µαστίχην τρώγοντες, ὄζοντες µύρου. τὸ δ’ ὅλον οὐκ ἐπίσταµαι ἐγὼ ψιθυρίζειν, οὐδὲ κατακεκλασµένος πλάγιον ποιήσας τὸν τράχηλον περιπατεῖν, ὥσπερ ἑτέρους ὁρῶ κιναίδους ἐνθάδε πολλοὺς ἐν ἄστει καὶ πεπιττοκοπηµένους → Dressed up in bright clean fine cloaks and nibbling pine-thistle, smelling of myrrh. But I do not at all know how to whisper, nor how to be enervated, and make my neck go back and forth, just as I see many others, kinaidoi, here in the city, do, and waxed with pitch-plasters.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lăbĕfăcĭo: fēci, factum (labefactarier, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 5), 3,
I v. a.; pass.: lăbĕfīo, factus, fieri labo-facio, to cause to totter, to shake, loosen, to make ready to fall (Cic. uses only labefactus).
I Lit.: dentes alicui, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 36: partem muri, Caes. B. C. 2, 22: labefactae aedes, Tac. A. 1, 75: labefacta ictibus arbor Corruit, Ov. M. 8, 776; id. ib. 3, 69: charta (i. e. epistola) a vinclis non labefacta suis, loosened, opened, id. P. 3, 7, 6: munimenta incussu arietis labefieri, Sen. Const. Sap. 6.—Poet.: ignes labefacti aëre multo, weakened, Lucr. 5, 653: membra voluptatis dum vi labefacta liquescunt, id. 4, 1108: calor labefacta per ossa cucurrit, Verg. A. 8, 390.—
II Trop.
A To cause to waver, to shake a person in his mind, principles, or fidelity: aliquem, Laber. ap. Macr. S. 2, 7: quem nulla umquam vis, nullae minae, nulla invidia labefecit, Cic. Sest. 47, 101. primores classiariorum, to shake their fidelity, excite them to mutiny, Tac. A. 15, 51: sic animus vario labefactus vulnere nutat, Ov. M. 10, 375; cf. in Greek construction: magno animum labefactus amore, shaken, disquieted, Verg. A. 4, 395. —
B To shake, weaken; to overthrow, ruin, destroy: haec (res publica) jam labefacta, Cic. Har. Resp. 27, 60: quo, per contumeliam consulum, jura plebis labefacta essent, Liv. 3, 64: nihil hunc amicitia Sejani, sed labefacit haud minus ad exitia Macronis odium, Tac. A. 6, 29 (35): si priorem aetate et jam labefactum demovisset, id. ib. 4, 60: ne quis contagione ceteros labefaciat, Col. 6, 5, 1; cf. Tac. H. 2, 93: fidem, to shake or weaken one's credit, Suet. Vesp. 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lăbĕfăcĭō,¹¹ fēcī, factum, facĕre (labo, facio), faire chanceler, secouer, ébranler : Cæs. C. 2, 22, 1 ; Tac. Ann. 1, 75 || renverser, ébranler principes, etc.] : Cic. Sest. 101 || détruire, ruiner : Cic. Har. 60 ; Liv. 3, 64.
Latin > German (Georges)
labefacio, fēcī, factum, ere, Passiv labefīo, factus sum, fierī (labo u. facio), I) etwas wankend-, wackelnd-, locker machen, erschüttern, dentes, Ter.: partem muri, Caes.: arborem, Ov.: munimenta incussu arietum labefieri, Sen.: mole publicae viae et ductu aquarum labefactas aedes suas, Tac.: charta sit a vinclis non labefacta suis, nicht geöffneter, Ov.: nix tenera et labefacta (Ggstz. fixa et dura), Sen.: ossa (nivea) labefacta, (v. der Liebesglut) zerronnene, erweichte, Verg. – II) übtr.: 1) im Bestehen erschüttern, a) physisch erschüttern, schwächen, hinfällig machen, ignes, Lucr.: ne quis ceteros contagione labefaciat, Colum.: obnoxia morbis corpora aestus impatientia labefecit, Tac. – b) politisch wankend machen, erschüttern, res secundas, Sall.: iura plebis, Liv.: fidem (den Kredit), Suet.: etenim vix haec si undique fulciamus, iam labefacta, vix, inquam, innixa in omnium nostrum umeris cohaerebunt, Cic.: ruere illa non possunt, ut haec non eodem labefacta motu concĭdant, Cic.: dah. alqm, jmd. stürzen (v. Haß), Tac. ann. 6, 29. – 2) in der Gesinnung, in seinen Grundsätzen wankend machen, erschüttern, quem numqnam ulla vis, ullae minae, ulla invidia labefecit, Cic. Sest. 101: animus vario labefactus vulnere nutat huc levis atque illuc, Ov. met. 10, 375: m. griech. Acc., magno animum (im G.) labefactus amore, Verg. Aen. 4, 395: ancipiti mentem labefacta timore, Sil. 3, 557. – u. in der Treue erschüttern = aufwiegeln, primores classiariorum, Tac. ann. 15, 51.
Latin > English
labefacio labefacere, labefeci, labefactus V :: make unsteady/totter, loosen, shake; subvert power/authority; weaken resolve
