lăbĕfactātĭo

ōnis, f.

labefacio

I. a shaking, loosening, weakening.
I. Lit.: dentium, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 56.— *
II. Trop.: mediocris labefactatio caedi comparatur, Quint. 8, 4, 14: libertatis, Cod. Th. 4, 8, 5, § 5.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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