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{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>lăbĕfăcĭo</b>: fēci, [[factum]] (labefactarier, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 5), 3,<br /><b>I</b> v. a.; [[pass]].: lăbĕfīo, [[factus]], fieri [[labo]]-[[facio]], to [[cause]] to [[totter]], to [[shake]], [[loosen]], to [[make]] [[ready]] to [[fall]] (Cic. uses [[only]] [[labefactus]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.

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|georg=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.

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