defectos
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;
acc. 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;
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →defectus, defecti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
the_weak (pl.);
acc. pl.nom. sg. - Entry →defectus, defectus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
failure/lack; absence/disappearance; weakness/failing; defection/revolt;; diminution, growing less, becoming ineffective, cessation; eclipse; fading;
gen. sg.
Examples
- G
FRAGMENTA
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...platanus iactare comas, iam coeperat vuas Annumerare suas, defecto palmite, vitis: Ante oculos stabat, quidquid promiserat annus. Frag..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - P
Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...civitatis, intimi ipsius amici, Lentulus senectutis extremae, Tubero defecto corpore, tumultus hostilis et turbandae rei publicae accerserentur..."
