disfacio

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From dis- (“un-”) +‎ faciō (“do”). Attested from AD 779.[1]

Verb[edit]

disfaciō (present infinitive disfacere, perfect active disfēcī, supine disfactum); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular passive voice (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. to tear down (a building)
  2. to destroy
  3. to maim
  4. to hurt

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “disfacere”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 339
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