defecerint
Dictionary entries
- Entry →deficio, deficere, defeci, defectus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fail, disappoint, let down; leave without a sufficiency; cease to be available;; (PASS) be left without/wanting, lack; have shortcomings; L:come to nothing;; fail/falter; run short/out; grow weak/faint; come to end; revolt/rebel, defect;; pass away; become extinct, die/fade out; subside/sink; suffer eclipse, wane;
pl. futperf. act. ind. 3rdpl. perf. act. subj. 3rd
Examples
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...fuerit eum a quo dicetur occisus. Si alia defecerint, non utique spectandas esse causas, nam quem posse reperiri..."Liber IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...boni gaudent), apud singulos vero numquam suaserim, nisi defecerint omnia. XXII. Quod si necessitas exiget, non erit..."Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...obsides innoxios sed in ipsos, si defecerint, saeuiturum, nec ab inermi sed ab armato hoste poenas expetiturum. utramque..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...legatos implorant. tres duces discordantes prope ut defecerint alii ab aliis, trifariam exercitum in diuersissimas regiones distraxere. eadem..."Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...simul a Fundanis ac Romanis utriusque patriae immemores defecerint: Fundis pacem esse et animos Romanos et gratam memoriam..."