defecto
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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. 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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →defectus, defecti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
the_weak (pl.);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...platanus iactare comas, iam coeperat vuas Annumerare suas, defecto palmite, vitis: Ante oculos stabat, quidquid promiserat annus. Frag..."Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...praetulit inbutam Nesseo sanguine vestem mittere, quae vires defecto reddat amori, ignaroque Lichae, quid tradat, nescia, luctus ipsa..."Metamorphoses V
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...vulnus!' iamque remissurus tractum de corpore telum sanguine defectos cecidit conlapsus in artus. Tum quoque Cephenum post regem..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...civitatis, intimi ipsius amici, Lentulus senectutis extremae, Tubero defecto corpore, tumultus hostilis et turbandae rei publicae accerserentur..."
