defectu
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. - 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;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber III
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...decurrant; quare alia hibernis aquis intumescant, alia in defectu ceterorum amnium crescant. [1,2] Nilum interim seponemus..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...imbellis multitudo tantum cum aeris crepitu qualis in defectu lunae silenti nocte cieri solet edidit clamorem ut auerteret..."
