labefactatio
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lăbĕfactātĭo: ōnis, f. labefacio,
I a shaking, loosening, weakening.
I Lit.: dentium, looseness, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56.— *
II Trop.: mediocris labefactatio caedi comparatur, Quint. 8, 4, 14: libertatis, Cod. Th. 4, 8, 5, § 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lăbĕfactātĭō, ōnis, f. (labefacto), ébranlement : Plin. 23, 56 ; Quint. 8, 4, 14.
