defecistis
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. perf. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...occidat. Quid ais, adulescens? Tune circa illum sanguinem defecisti? Illa te blandius rogavit anima? Perdidisti ergo illud, quod..."Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Amynandrum cum principibus Athamanum, quorum consilio ab nobis defecistis, sine mora dedatis.' prope dicentem interfatus Romanum..."
