defectum
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. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. 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;
acc. sg. (m.)acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (n.)voc. sg. (n.) - Entry →defectus, defecti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
the_weak (pl.);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...250uires pugna dabat. labentem turba suorumexcipit atque umeris defectum inponere gaudet;ac uelut inclusum perfosso in pectore numenet..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...iniuria est et integri sensus animum iuvant nec defectum et praemortuum corpus est; plurimum enim refert, vitam aliquis..." - P
Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...legiones solus habeat. sed non usque eo defectum Germanicum, neque praemia caedis apud interfectorem mansura. componit epistulas quis..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...occasum reipublicae accelerat, frustraque proceres, plebe neglecta, ut defectum corpore caput nutaturumque instabili pondere, tuetur. Facile est coniectare..."
