defendare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defendo, defendere, defendi, defensus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
defend/guard/protect, look after; act/speak/plead/write for defense; prosecute;; repel, fend/ward off, avert/prevent; support/preserve/maintain; defend (right);
sg. pres. pass. subj. 2nd
Examples
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...tuam fraudisque facinus esse, non nuptae, sciat. De. Defendar illic: inferi absoluent ream, a me ipsa damnor; purget..."V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...saepius, iudices, necesse est ipsa criminis mei voce defendar: aegrum redemi. non habent profecto, non habent discrimen liberi..."