lăbĕfăcĭo — 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.