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
- M
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..." - M
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..." - T
Liber XXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...obsides innoxios sed in ipsos, si defecerint, saeuiturum, nec ab inermi sed ab armato hoste poenas expetiturum. utramque..." - T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...legatos implorant. tres duces discordantes prope ut defecerint alii ab aliis, trifariam exercitum in diuersissimas regiones distraxere. eadem..." - T
Liber VIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...simul a Fundanis ac Romanis utriusque patriae immemores defecerint: Fundis pacem esse et animos Romanos et gratam memoriam..."