defectae
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;
dat. sg. perf. pass. part.gen. sg. perf. pass. part.nom. pl. perf. pass. part.voc. pl. perf. pass. part. - Entry →defectus, defecta -um, defectior -or -us, defectissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tired, enfeebled, worn out; faulty, defective; reduced in size, smaller;
dat. sg. (f.)gen. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (f.)voc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uiresTerra sui fetus, quod, cum tetigere parentem,iam defecta uigent renouato robore membra. 600haec illi spelunca domus; latuisse..."Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...perdix. Sic sapit illa magis. LXXVII. Cycni. Dulcia defecta modulatur carmina lingua cantator cycnus funeris ipse sui. LXXVIII..."Octavia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...proximae noctis metu uisuque, nutrix, mente turbata feror, defecta sensu. laeta nam postquam dies sideribus atris cessit..."Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...funeri tanto sat est grandaeua anus defecta, quod totus breui iam quaeret orbis? expedi in planctus tamen defessa..."Phaedra
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...cura aut salutis; uadit incerto pede, iam uiribus defecta: non idem uigor, non ora tinguens nitida purpureus rubor..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ipso limine coniunctis manebant capitibus; lucernae quoque umore defectae tenue et extremum lumen spargebant, cum duo Syri expilaturi..."XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...rigescentibus morte pedibus exanimis, sicut haeserat, pendet. alia defecta nisu volandi adhuc per terram languide repit. si quas..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...revocet pater, oraque quaerens hospitis aut solo maeret defecta cubili aut venit in carae gremium refugitque sororis atque..."
