collabefio
Latin > English
collabefio collabefieri, collabefactus sum V SEMIDEP :: collapse/break up; sink together; be overthrown politically/brought to ruin
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
col-lăbĕfīo: (conl-), factus, fiĕri,
I v. pass., to be made to reel or totter, to be brought to ruin (perh. only in the foll. examples): haec (mens animaeque potestas) ipso cum corpore collabefiunt, sink together, Lucr. 3, 585 (601): ut altera (navis) praefracto rostro tota collabefieret, was dashed in pieces, Caes. B. C. 2, 6.— Poet. of the melting of metals, Lucr. 4, 697 (cf. collabefacto; and labefacta, Verg. A. 8, 390).—
II Trop., to overthrow, supplant: a Themistocle collabefactus, Nep. Arist. 1, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
collăbĕfīō,¹⁶ factus sum, ĭĕrī, pass. de l’inus. collabefacio, s’effondrer : Lucr. 3, 599 ; Cæs. C. 2, 6, 5 || [fig.] être renversé, ruiné : Nep. Arist. 1, 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
col-labefīo, factus sum, fierī (con u. labefacio), I) wankend gemacht-, zum Fallen gebracht werden, zusammensinken, Lucr. 3, 599. Caes. b. c. 2, 6. § 5. – poet., igni collabefacta, durch F. in sich zusammengesunken, d.i. geschmolzen, Lucr. 4, 695. – II) übtr., v. Staatsmännern, gestürzt werden, Nep. Arist, 1, 2.